by John Crane | Dec 8, 2017 | Film, Film Emulsions, Technical
There are many film shooters who might be reluctant to fly with your favorite film camera packed for the simple reason that flying with film is too complicated or difficult. I’d like to propose that it’s not as much as you think, and the benefits are worth...
by John Crane | Nov 16, 2017 | Color Photography, Film Emulsions, Film Processing, From the Past, Slide Film, Technical
This is pretty exciting… (rather then re-hashing the same information, this post was lifted from DPReview) Kodak first announced the rebirth of Ektachrome way back in January at CES. Along with Kodak Alaris—who will distribute the 35mm Kodak Professional...
by John Crane | Nov 10, 2017 | Color Photography, Technical, Working with Filters
There are different schools of thought on whether one should use filters for their color film photography or not; each having its own merits. For example, why get a super high-quality lens and put a ‘cheap’ filter on it, effectively reducing the quality of...
by John Crane | Jun 14, 2017 | From the Past, Hybrid Workflow, Inspiration, Longevity, Slide Film
For the past few months I’ve been working on scanning/archiving slides for my family. It’s a big job – many hundreds of a mixture of very old (late 1950’s) to just sort of old – made in the last few decades. Several reoccurring thoughts...
by John Crane | May 19, 2017 | Destinations, lens compatibility, super wide angle, Technical
This past February I returned to New Mexico’s Bisti Wilderness in search of dramatic skies. Armed with the F6, a freshly repaired 645 ProTL (thanks to Dave at Key Camera in Longmont) and lots of Velvia I was in search of drama. Watching the weather for two...