Following the story of one of Polaroid’s coating plants closing reported by South Coast Today, several message boards have been alight with rumours that Type 55 positive/negative sheet film is discontinued. Bill Schwab (who BTW makes fantastic pictures) actually bothered to call Polaroid, and said: Just got off the phone with Polaroid (easy) where I [...]

Heat fogs film and creates other "interestingness", which is why most people store it in the fridge or freezer (but don’t freeze Polaroid!). It’s impossible to predict exactly what will happen to any given roll of film, so don’t mistake this as a "this is what you’ll get if you take this emulsion and expose [...]

Ever wonder what happens when you push Kodak T-Max 100 black and white film five stops to ISO 3200? Me too!   Justin   Garden Secrets 120 film developed in Kodak TMAX developer for 16 min @ 24°C/75°F. (I shot these about two years ago but I’m posting them now. Go figure.)

You can read the complete press release, but the highlights are: It’s the "world’s sharpest" and "finest-grained" ISO 400 B&W film. Pushable 2 stops up to ISO 1600. Availability "will occur on a stock-turnover basis, beginning in December 2007". The new film code will be TMY-2. There’s a surprisingly informative Q&A sheet (PDF) about the [...]

Cross processing is developing film in the "wrong" chemistry, for example shooting slide (E6) film and processing it in the chemicals meant for colour negative (C-41) film. This is normally what’s meant when people say cross processing, but it can go in almost any direction. You can also do C-41 film in E6 chemistry, or [...]

Mark Antony Smith has nice reviews, with sample images, of Adox CHS 50 ART and Adox CHS 100 ART black and white films.

This bulletin in the news area of Fuji’s choose-film.com site says: The first ever World Film Photography Day (WFPD) is to be held on 20th March 2008. This will be an opportunity for photographers to go out on the same day, shoot some film, and within the following four weeks post one of their resulting [...]

This press release from Fuji says that they’re raising prices globally by about 5% on all of their colour negative films, and that "the rate of increase may differ by regional market".

Check out Sean Rohde‘s outstanding, example-laden tutorial on getting images from the "goop"/negative side of Polaroid peel-apart film. He’s made some great photos with them, too, have a look! See also: the Polaroid Goop group on Flickr

Kodak have two US-only film rebates going on: $20 rebate on $125 or more of their pro colour Portra range. Good until 30 June, 2007. Download coupon/form PDF. $5 rebate on five or more rolls of their pro black and white range range (T-Max 100, 400, and 3200, Plus-X 125, Tri-X 400 (320 isn’t mentioned), [...]