Author: Nicolai Grossman

Kuwait Voluntary Work Center photo exhibition, Marina Mall, Kuwait

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Invitation to the 3rd photographers team (Kuwait Voluntary Center) exhibition

Ammar Q8 writes:

يسرنا دعوتكم لحضور فعاليات المعرض السنوي الثالث لفريق التصوير والتوثيق التابع لمركز العمل التطوعي بدولة الكويت
من ٥ الى ٨ ديسمبر ٢٠٠٦ في المرينا مول
الافتتاح الساعة الخامسة والنصف مساءً

Kuwait Voluntary Work Center

Invitation to our 3rd photographers team (Kuwait Voluntary Center) exhibition in Marina Mall – Kuwait

from 5 to 8 / 12 / 2006, opening at 5:30 PM

SX-70 Blend film in North America + free shipping!

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The new SX-70 Blend film for Polaroid SX-70s [see previous post] is now shipping from North America! Free shipping until 10 December, 2006!

The seller writes:

Hey everyone,

SX-70 Blend is the brand new film for all SX-70 format Polaroid cameras. It uses an integrated neutral-density filter and optimized chemistry to yield more vibrant colors and stronger contrast then ever before. And the original-spec cartridge fits perfectly into your camera without any jiggling.

I just signed a contract to distribute the film in the USA and Canada. It’s available for sale at my website:

www.lordofthelens.net

The price is $38 for a doublepack, and there are discounts for bulk purchases. Moreover, I’ll be happy to offer you all free USA shipping on your first order. Canadian customers will get a $6 shipping discount – reducing their s&h charge to $9.00. Just enter the code LOTLSHIP at checkout. This offer is good until December 10th. Every order ships promptly from New York City, and includes a free SX-70 button (an actual button – not the camera!)

Check out my Flickr photos to see some actual shots taken with the film.

Thanks!
LOTL

Creative Photography With Kids: An Interview With Ann Texter

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Photographer Annabelle Texter [also on Flickr] gave her daughter Grace a digital camera for her fourth birthday after she expressed interest in shooting with her mother. Now five, Grace shoots regularly with her mother and is beginning to work in alternative photographic processes like cyanotypes and Polaroid transfers. Annabelle was kind enough to explain to us how, exactly, it came to this.

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Fomapan 100 film in Diafine developer reference

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Fomapan 100 film in Diafine developer reference by Luke Healey

Luke Healey has posted another Diafine EI test (see his previous test of Tri-X), this time of Fomapan 100. Check it out in his photostream at Flickr (larger version available there).

If you’re not familiar with Diafine developer, it’s got several magical properties: it’s a split-bath compensating developer, so it’s difficult to get blocked shadows or blown highlights, one batch can last for well over a year, its temperature range is wide enough (21–30°C / 70–85°F) that you don’t need a thermometer, they recommend you not use a chemical stop bath (just water), film needs to spend at least 3 minutes in each bath (but can spend more), and since the development time is the same for every film, you can develop different emulsions in the same batch at one time. If you’re gentle with the agitation, it’s quite fine-grained. In short: AWESOME.

For more info, see the Diafine group on Flickr, Grant Heffernan, or Sherman Dunnam Photography.

You can buy it from Calumet Photographic, B&H, and Amazon.com in the US, among other places. For the UK, hit Retro Photographic.

Hacking Leica digital lens coding

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As I posted previously [1, 2], Leica have a coding scheme for their lenses so that the new digital M8 body can automatically identify the mounted lens. It turns out that you can use a marker to code the lenses rather than paying Leica US $120 per lens for six dots of paint. You can use the same method to trick the body into thinking you have a different lens mounted than you actually do.

Check out this how-to by Mike Prevette on the Leica user forums for details.

Via Auspicious Dragon Photostream