We’ve had a contest going for a little while now. Basically, contestants could show us some of their best film photos and they could win a, “Keep Calm and Shoot Portra” or “Keep Calm and Shoot Tri-X” T-shirt. Any size, and from a bunch of colors to choose from: Black, Red, Grey, Blue, Green, Brown, Cream, White, or Light Blue.
Did you win? Head on down below to see our selection from a very tough contest to judge.
If you won: please message me on Flickr for proper verification and then we will proceed to get you your shirts.
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We’re giving readers 10 chances to show their true film colors and to receive a snazzy T-Shirt of their choice. Here are the details:
- Contest begins December 6th 9:30 AM EST
- Contest ends December 14th 12 AM EST
- To enter, submit your Portra or Tri-X images to our Flickr Group. The only way for the images to qualify is if you insert the tag, “Keep Calm” without the quotation marks in your tags/keywords field on Flickr.
- Every contestant is limited to 7 images, so make each one count.
- The winners get either a, “Keep Calm and Shoot Portra” or “Keep Calm and Shoot Tri-X” shirt in any size they want and in any one of the following colors: Black, Red, Grey, Blue, Green, Brown, Cream, White, or Light Blue
Good luck to all!
Only shortly after announcing the discontinuance of their entire slide film range, Kodak is in the news again. This time, they are reported to increase the prices of all their remaining photographic films by 15%. According to a Kodak spokesman, this price increase is necessary in order “to remain a sustainable, viable business.”
One can only wonder if, in a time where film sales are ever declining, this is a bright move. In effect, it may keep even more people off of buying film, and may drive those that have been using film towards the far more cost-effective digital medium. In the end, Kodak may yet again be shoveling their own grave (or at least that of one of their products.)
Meanwhile, you can still buy plenty of different Kodak films at B&H Photo, even some of their already discontinued flavors.
What do you think about this?
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Kodak has been in the news quite a bit recently. Besides, declaring that they are out of the camera industry, they’ve also been under lots of pressure to change and restructure. Because of this, we’ve known them for one thing for many years: film. I personally have been a lover of their film for years, and shed a tear like many of you the day that Kodachrome died. Further, I’m also a lover of Portra: having using it with some Zeiss lenses recently, during professional shoots, and even Gevon loves it.
Like many of you, I dread the day that they kill Tri-x: especially with the look it gives off with medium format cameras.
Kodak now often states that Ektachrome is the closest thing to Kodachrome that they have. And while that all depends on who you ask, one can’t deny that the film is indeed quite beautiful. Even though digital may come close, I still personally feel that it can’t totally capture the full look.
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Andrew Reed over at EOSHD loves the Panasonic GH2; he well should due to the fact that he is a professional videographer. He also has used the camera at super high ISOs in black and white while still achieving a film-like quality to the video. Because I dabble in street photography and have a video background, I have a love for Kodak Tri-X and the smaller Micro Four Thirds bodies like the venerable Olympus EP2: still considered by me to have some of the best image quality of all the models made. But even though the old camera doesn’t have the video capabilities of the newer GH2, it can still look quite nice providing that you use it correctly.
Here’s how to make your videos look like they were shot with Kodak Tri-X video film.
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I love film. The Yashica Electro GSN captured my heart a while back and so did the Leica M7. Thankfully, I was recently loaned a Mamiya 7 II medium format film rangefinder with an 80mm f4 lens. Coincidentally, Kodak also was kind enough to hand me rolls of Tri-X 400 and Ektar 100 recently. Even better: a friend of mine recently got hitched. So how does the Mamiya 7 II perform while shooting handheld in extremely dim situations and with slow film?
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