… you can always develop your b&w negative film via the “Caffenol” method, using coffee and vitamin C. How cool is that!
(Mind that you will still need fixer, though.)
Via PetaPixel.
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Hello everyone, sorry for the slow news recently, but I’m rather occupied at the moment and rarely find the time to work on my blog. Anyways, it’s time to resurrect a long-neglected column, The Film Chronicles! Yes, I’ve finally acquired a film scanner (Epson Perfection V330, to be precise) and spent the last three evenings scanning two rolls of film I shot in the past months: one roll of Ilford HP5+, a very popular and reputable 400 ISO black-and-white film (which I started to shoot last summer and finished only this spring …), and a roll of Fujichrome Provia 100 that I shot during the past few weeks. For your enjoyment, here’s a sample of the scanned results! (Mostly family snaps, so if you don’t care for these, please skip this post :-))  Yashica Electro 35 GT + Ilford HP5+ 400 Continue reading The Film Chronicles | Ilford HP5+ & Provia 100 Shawn Low from CNET Asia has written a hands-on report on the recently announced Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH. Micro Four Thirds lens — the Micro reincarnation of the legendary Leica D Summilux 25/1.4 for the Four Thirds system.
The Panasonic Leica 25/1.4 Summilux is being ascribed high sharpness even wide open, and a natural colour reproduction — nothing less than what we await from a Leica branded lens. The article also features some very nice sample pictures that illustrate the lens’ pleasing rendering (especially of its bokeh — the quality of the rendering of out-of-focus areas). The images convey that the lens also fare very well when it comes to both macro and micro contrast. While at work today I witnessed a short but fierce thunderstorm outside.  "Thunderstorm" | Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/180 sec, ISO 160 Adorama just informed their facebook followers that they have the Sigma SD1 in stock. It retails for US-$ 6,899, so it is indeed significantly “cheaper” than the originally annouced $ 9k-something (which obviously were a typo.)  Sigma SD1 mock-up at photokina 2010 B&H doesn’t have it in stock yet, however. |
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