Photography News

How to Push Tri-X Two Stops Without Ruining It

Kodak's own numbers for shooting Tri-X 400 at EI 1600, what changes in the tank, and where a two-stop push turns into a mistake.

The Migrant Mother Negatives Are a Public Record

Kodachrome Only Became Kodachrome After It Left the Camera

How to Push Tri-X Two Stops Without Ruining It

How to Push Ilford HP5 Plus to 1600 Without Ruining It

Fujifilm Raised Its Film Prices Again — and the Wallet Math for Shooters Changed

Another round of increases across the Fujifilm lineup landed in 2025, the latest in a three-year run of rises — here is what it means for the film budget.

The Film Revival, Year by Year

From Kodachrome's announced end in June 2009 to new cameras and new emulsions shipping in 2026, the film revival was not a mood — it was a sequence of datable bets by companies everyone assumed had given up.

What Is Expired Film Worth?

The expired film trade runs on three variables — storage, emulsion chemistry and whether anyone can still process the roll — and most asking prices quietly ignore all three.

Why Film Keeps Selling Out

Film shortages are not accidents: coating runs come in batches, allocations ration them, and resellers price the gap — here is how the pipeline works and how to buy through it.

Why Photo Labs Keep Closing

Labs rarely die from one bad year — they die when aging machines, thinning walk-in volume and rising fixed costs arrive together, while the survivors stay busy with work minilabs were never built for.