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Film: Reviews and Industry

Film stock coverage based on rolls actually exposed and developed here: grain structure, latitude, color rendering and how each emulsion holds skin tones. Includes discontinued stocks, expired batches and budget alternatives. For photographers choosing what to load before a shoot rather than reading a datasheet afterward.

Film stock coverage based on rolls actually exposed and developed here: grain structure, latitude, color rendering and how each emulsion holds skin tones. Includes discontinued stocks, expired batches and budget alternatives. For photographers choosing what to load before a shoot rather than reading a datasheet afterward.

Film strips drying on a wire in amber safelight glow
Film

Fomapan 100: Slow, Cheap, Honest

Fomapan 100 is old-world emulsion chemistry at the friendliest price in the film fridge — if you meter for the film it is, not the box it ships in.

Jeff ColemanJune 7, 2026 · 6 min read
Two black film cassettes on steel with a hand-labeled exposure tape
Film

Kentmere 400: The Budget B&W

Kentmere 400 proves that cheap black and white film can still be serious film — you give up polish, not capability.

Jeff ColemanMay 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Chart ranking film stocks along a color saturation scale
Film

Kodak Ektar 100: Max Color

Kodak Ektar 100 delivers slide-film saturation with negative-film convenience — up to the exact point where skin tones enter the frame.

Marco BellandiApril 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Hikers at a sunrise mountain overlook preparing a tripod camera
Film

Fuji Velvia 50: Saturation King

Fuji Velvia 50 rewards disciplined metering with the boldest color a transparency film has ever shipped — and punishes sloppiness without mercy.

Ines OliveiraMarch 31, 2026 · 6 min read
Empty late-night diner interior glowing with neon and tungsten light
Film

Kodak Portra 800 in Low Light

Kodak Portra 800 is what you reach for when the light is leaving, the tripod is in the car, and skin tones still have to survive.

Ines OliveiraMarch 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Developed black and white negatives on a lightbox under a loupe
Film

Ilford Delta 3200: Low-Light Guide

Ilford Delta 3200 trades refinement for raw speed, and the grain it produces has become the point rather than the penalty.

Ines OliveiraFebruary 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Chart mapping CineStill 800T color shift across tungsten and daylight sources
Film

CineStill 800T: The Night Film

CineStill 800T sells a look as much as a film: tungsten balance for the night city and a red halo around every bright light.

Marco BellandiJanuary 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Family passing a compact film camera across a picnic table in golden light
Film

Kodak Gold 200: Still Worth It?

Kodak Gold 200 remains the most practical daylight negative in the lineup — warm, forgiving, and cheap enough to shoot without ceremony.

Jeff ColemanDecember 30, 2025 · 6 min read