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The Fujifilm Professional Newsletter says:

Process 10 rolls of any brand of 120 colour negative film at London-based pro lab Genesis Imaging and receive a free 5 roll pack of either Fujicolor PRO160S, PRO160C or PRO400H 120 colour negative film.

The Fujicolor PRO Series offers an exceptional range of professional colour negative films to suit all purposes. PRO Series films produce natural skin tones, extremely fine grain, have a wide exposure latitude and are optimised for digital scanning.

To claim your free 5 roll pack, simply process 10 rolls of ANY BRAND of 120 colour negative film at Genesis Imaging. For more details contact Ken or Lynda at Genesis on +44 20 7384 6299.

This offer is open only while stocks last and is limited to one free 120 film 5 pack per order, per person, per day.

Genesis Imaging
Unit 1 Hurlingham Business Park
Sulivan Road
Fulham
London
SW6 3DU
United Kingdom

www.genesis-digital.net

Tel: 020 7384 6299

Ever wonder what a Leica lens looks like sawn in half? Check out this photo gallery at Wired to find out!

Thanks to Jim Heid for the heads-up!

The latest in the Exposure.Detroit series of photo exhibitions opens Friday, 18 July, 2008. Check it out!

Group exhibition curated by Daniel Augschöll.

Opening Reception:
Tuesday, July 1 2008 3-7pm
IUAV, Magazzini Ligabue 25
Dorsoduro 1827
30123 Venezia
Italy

Photographers:
Mary Amor, Peter Baker, Alana Celii, Clayton Cotterell, Mason Dent, Zack Genin, Matthew Genitempo, Pete Halupka, Paul Herbst, Anna Mack, Alexander Martinez, Nicholas Meyer, Jacob Miller, Grady O’Connor, Hasis Park, Bryan Schutmaat, Jeffrey Shay, Daniel Shea, Brea Souders, Sean Stewart, Suzzanne Stillinger, Neilson Tam, Joseph Tripi, Keiko Terada, Arnoud Verrips, Leon West, Grant Willing, Christopher Wurzbach.

This article in Amateur Photographer says:

Polaroid is in fresh talks over the survival of its professional instant sheet film following its failure to reach agreement with UK firm Ilford Photo.

Polaroid bosses have confirmed that they are in discussions with a ‘third party’ over the continued production of 20×24in large format professional b&w sheet film.

In a meeting with Amateur Photographer, Polaroid’s European vice-president Paul Telford also revealed that there is a ’strong possibility’ that production of 8×10in format sheet film will be taken up by an, as yet, unnamed manufacturer…

Platinum/palladium prints are valued by photographers, collectors, galleries, and museums for their inherent beauty and archival stability. Although there is much lore and mystique associated with the platinum printing process, when properly handled, it can be accomplished by anyone willing to put in a little time and effort to make it work. Platinum printing is often thought to be a very difficult and expensive process. In this workshop we will de-mystify the process and learn the basic skills necessary to produce very fine platinum/palladium prints at a reasonable cost.

This year Ray Bidegain and Patrick Kolb will be teaming up with Jeanette Altman for an additional 2 days of instruction in the making of digital negatives for platinum printing. In the first 2 days of this workshop, we will be making enlarged negatives for platinum printing. We will then be making platinum prints on Saturday and Sunday. For most of the history of platinum printing photographers needed large-camera negatives for printing; Now photographers are able to use negatives from smaller cameras as well as digital files for making platinum prints. Come learn with us during this 4 days workshop.

July 10–13, 2008

Portland, Oregon [US]
$395.00

More information and registration at Ray Bidegain’s site.

Flickr member Dark Orange says:

Can’t buy the film you want any more? Just make the stuff!

In this set you will find random photos and information on a project a friend has undertaken - a machine to make his own camera film.

Plastic and goop go in one end, and camera film comes out the other end. This is not a trivial undertaking.

*update*

This bit of hardware seems to have created a bit of a stir…

On APUG

On galerie-photo

On the Nelson Foto Forums

Via MAKE Blog

Check out this roundup of five Sally Mann videos at David Bram’s blog.

Bruce Schneier answers the question:

… Clearly any terrorist is going to first photograph his target, so vigilance is required.

Except that it’s nonsense. The 9/11 terrorists didn’t photograph anything. Nor did the London transport bombers, the Madrid subway bombers, or the liquid bombers arrested in 2006. Timothy McVeigh didn’t photograph the Oklahoma City Federal Building. The Unabomber didn’t photograph anything; neither did shoe-bomber Richard Reid. Photographs aren’t being found amongst the papers of Palestinian suicide bombers. The IRA wasn’t known for its photography. Even those manufactured terrorist plots that the US government likes to talk about — the Ft. Dix terrorists, the JFK airport bombers, the Miami 7, the Lackawanna 6 — no photography.

Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don’t seem to photograph anything, why is it such pervasive conventional wisdom that terrorists photograph their targets? Why are our fears so great that we have no choice but to be suspicious of any photographer?

Continue reading at The Guardian

Check out this PDF excerpt of Fuji’s Cable Release newsletter on how to do image transfers with Fuji’s Polaroid-compatible pack films. (Hosted by Freestyle.)