Phoenix v Phoenix II
Looking in my camera bag, there are a couple of rolls of Ilford XP2, my last roll of Harman Phoenix and the Phoenix II that came in recently. I haven’t actually processed any rolls of Ilford XP2 as C41 so thought it might be interesting to do a comparison of all three negatives. From left…
Harman Phoenix II
Last week came the announcement of Harman Phoenix II and my rolls of film arrived in the post today. From the YouTube reviews of this film, it sounds like shooting this version is best at the box speed of 200 ISO. So what I will do is fire off a couple of test rolls with…
Getting online
I was recently looking at the options for getting online as my various contracts were coming to an end. It made me a bit nostalgic thinking about the different ways I have connected online. Using a dial up modem with a service like CompuServe with access to their bulletin boards for the first time was…
Profoto Spot Small
Profoto have announced their own optical snoot they are calling Spot Small. From the tech specs it doesn’t appear to be compatible with my B10 units. It is also expensive, which if you are looking at Profoto equipment isn’t in the budget range of suppliers. The UK pricing as I write this in April 2025…
KOMODO-X Z Mount
Woke up this morning to see that the Nikon RED purchase has created the first models with the Z mount. Together with the launch of the NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ lens it is now clear what direction they want to go in. This is a start. When looking at “cinema” cameras, I never found…
Redscale
I somehow managed to mis-load a roll of Harman Phoenix. So instead of throwing it away I decided to see if I could salvage the situation by redscaling it. If you don’t know what redscale is, it is shooting colour film on the “wrong side” so you are basically flipping the film over. To be…
Harman Phoenix
When Harman Phoenix came out with the 35mm version of the film a few months ago I really did want to support this project but wished they came out with the 120 version at the same time. Now that they have I got myself a few rolls. I have sent off my first roll to…
NONS Instant Back for Hasselblad
I can’t remember where I first heard about the NONS Instant Back. It must have been a review of it somewhere online. If you don’t know what it is, it is a back that fits most Hasselblad square format film cameras so that you can use it with Fujifilm Instax Square film. I’m not going…
Nikon and RED
Back in 2017 I wrote that I would love to see Nikon compete with the Canon Cinema line of equipment but Nikon didn’t have the heritage of Canon in the professional video world. It could also be argued that Sony also have a heritage in the professional video world that Nikon lacked. With Nikon’s announcement…
Unboxing – Sirui Saturn 35mm T2.9 Anamorphic Lens
One of the benefits of moving over to the Nikon Z system from the F is that it has opened up lens that previously wouldn’t have been an option. The Sirui Saturn 35mm T2.9 Anamorphic lens is a case in point. Even at launch the Nikon Z option wasn’t available, so the chances of Sirui…
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