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The news file for analog photography: emulsions discontinued or reissued, price changes, lab openings and closures, camera manufacturers restarting production, and supply problems affecting chemistry. Short, dated entries with sourcing. For shooters who need to know before a favorite stock disappears from shelves.

News for film shooters: stock discontinuations, price rises, new emulsions, lab closures, camera reissues and firmware for hybrid scanning workflows.

Scorecard chart of new film camera makers and launch years
Photography News

Who Makes New Film Cameras?

The spring 2026 scorecard of newly made film cameras: four makers ship, one startup slips to Q3, and the biggest names in photography still build nothing.

Clara Bennett
Friends on a city photowalk shooting colorful compact film cameras
Photography News

Lomography Expands Classicolor

Lomography shipped LomoChrome Classicolor in 110 format plus a preloaded Simple Use Camera in March 2026, giving its October 2025 emulsion a second and third life in one move.

Clara Bennett
Industrial coating machinery with large rolls of blue film
Photography News

Harman Launches Switch Azure 125

HARMAN Switch Azure 125 landed March 5, 2026 — an ISO 125 color negative that swaps hues mid-spectrum, and the fourth color emulsion from a factory that never made color film before 2023.

Marco Bellandi
Studio close-up of a retro instant camera printing a photo
Photography News

Fujifilm Film News, Early 2026

Fujifilm's only new analog product of early 2026 is an instax hybrid camera, while the stills film lineup entered another year unchanged — no returns, no additions, no apologies beyond supply.

Marco Bellandi
Bar chart of Kodak Alaris film price increases by product
Photography News

Kodak Alaris Raises Film Prices

Kodak Alaris increases effective February 1, 2026 add 1 to 39 percent across its distributed films, with 120 pro packs hit hardest and silver costs officially blamed.

Alice Bay
Woman comparing film box price tags on a camera store shelf
Photography News

Why Film Prices Keep Climbing

Retail film prices have outrun inflation since 2021 because every layer between the coating plant and the shop shelf repriced at once — here is how to read the shelf instead of guessing.

Alice Bay