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New to Film Photography? Here Are 3 Film Emulsions You Need to Try

Chris Gampat
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06/16/2021
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Film photography never died: it only evolved into something much better.

Fact: some of us have never shot film before. Others amongst us are just getting into it. In 2021, film photography co-exists with digital and is in demand by lots of clients. There are lots of the mainstays like Portra, Tri-X, and Velvia. But there are also lots of options out there that aren’t traditional. And we’ve reviewed a bunch of them. So we dove into the old Reviews Index to look at our many years of film photography coverage. Here are some of our favorite emulsions.

Table of Contents

  • Pro Tips to Get the Most of Film Photography if You’re Brand New to It
  • Lomography LomoChrome Purple: Incredibly Unique
  • CineStill 800T: Cinematic Film Photography
  • Kodak TMax P3200: Incredible Sharpness

Pro Tips to Get the Most of Film Photography if You’re Brand New to It

Tungsten white balance with daylight lighting

Here are some critical tips on how to navigate and understand film photography:

  • Film photography is a far different beast than digital is. It’s far less forgiving. You can’t just switch a white balance or anything else like that easily later on in every situation. You have to have some semblance of it in-camera. 
  • Shoot as if you have the smallest SD card storage ever.
  • Forget about continuous shooting. Just shoot a single photo.
  • Pay attention to literally everything in the frame. Write yourself a checklist.
  • It’s a good idea to have a digital camera around to preview what the image might look like.

Lomography LomoChrome Purple: Incredibly Unique

What’s So Different: Well, just look at it! Lomochrome Purple takes the greens from the scene and turns them into purples.

In our review, we state:

“So more or less, Lomography LomoChrome Purple is designed to take greens in a scene and render them as purple. It’s influenced by Kodak Aerochrome in creation. However, there is nothing like this out there.”

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CineStill 800T: Cinematic Film Photography

What’s So Different: The cool thing about CineStill 800T is that it’s a Kodak cinema film that was reformatted. They removed the Remjet layer, so it can be developed in the C-41 style. It results in some very cool halation effects. It’s a truly unique entry in film photography.

In our review, we state:

“CineStill 800T is incredible with skin tones and also very well detailed. The grain is very fine; you can see it at times but you’ll genuinely love the look. When a flash is used or you shoot in overcast lighting, the colors are very true to life. Skin tones are muted and a bit subdued while other colors are very spot on. What helps in this situation are Sigma’s excellent lenses, though for what it’s worth we don’t get any of that magical micro-contrast that we do when they’re attached to digital cameras.”

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Kodak TMax P3200: Incredible Sharpness

What’s So Different: The TMax P3200 is an ISO 800 film that’s designed to be pushed to ISO 3200. It’s incredibly sharp. In fact, it’s sharper than some digital cameras are at ISO 3200.

In our review, we state:

“Photographers who would make the most use of Kodak TMax P3200 are those looking for general shooting reasons, but I think street photographers and portrait shooters would make the most sense if they’re going for something in low light settings. Of course, Kodak TMax P3200 is also an ISO 800 film so it can be used for a variety of things. Where it comes to mind immediately too is with concert photography. Load some Kodak TMax P3200 into a camera and you’ll be all set to get gorgeous images with the right metering. Of course, you’ll also want to use it at night. Typically, what I do is load one camera with film for day shooting and the other has film for night shooting. In this case it’s either my Leicas or one of my point and shoots. Thanks to the DX code on the film, your camera will also read it at its native ISO unless you tell it to shoot it at something otherwise.”

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Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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