One of the enjoyable aspects of sites like 35mmc, Emulsive, and other places where analogue photography continues to be explored and celebrated in the age of unrelenting advance...
It was only a few years ago I finally noticed that Rollei produced a 25 ASA film! I was excited because in the 1990s I used to shoot almost exclusively Agfa APX25 – and I loved ...
Last summer I had a chance to visit an old friend in Szczecin, Poland, the city we both studied in. He stayed there - I left. This was a rare occasion to meet and catch up. Pete...
29 March, 2021
5 Frames with a Canon EOS 600 and Rollei Superpan 200 in Via del Porto Fluviale – by Fabrizio Ferretti
Just near the Gazometro there is another very interesting and suggestive area in Rome. No, I'm not talking about Fontana di Trevi, Colosseo, Piazza Navona and so on but about vi...
23 December, 2020
A Personal Comparison of “Affordable”, Mid-Speed, Black & White Film Stocks – By Holly Gilman
I’m not trying to rehash content that’s been done to death. I’m not going to tell you which black and white film is the "best". I’m just going to talk you through 4 film types t...
I recently decided to add something different to my regular film-stock replenishment order, and went for a selection of Rollei branded films - not something I've ever shot befor...
8 May, 2020
29 Frames / A Whole Roll (Almost) of Rollei Retro 400s – #FullRollFriday – by Gary Quinn
Lockdown, quarantine, self-isolating, social distancing; call it what you like it boils down to one thing - we’re staying in today. That’s what we do every day now. We don’t go ...
30 April, 2020
40 Year Old Black and White Film: experiments with three German Film Stocks (and a 1955 Leica M3) – By Daniel Sigg
It is fun to experiment, and to learn. I think one of the (many) exciting things about film photography, at least to me, is the anticipation just after developing the film and l...