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Double X is movie film stock manufactured since the 1950s and never officially sold for stills. The smallest lengths available are 400 ft reels that cost around £250. It is perfectly feasible, if time consuming, to manually split these down into 36 exposure rolls. You get about seventy from a…

There are so many things that I’ve had a play at and not documented. Here is another. Back in 2021 I printed out a WillTravel camera for use with a Fujifilm Instax back – but also an adapter so I could use it with regular 4×5 film. This is what…

Back in April I bought a HOLGA 135 Smart 35mm Film Camera from Amazon for the massive sum of £12.95. It was the cheapest reusable camera I’d seen so just had to give it a go. I loaded it up with some Fomapan 100. A 400 ISO film would have…

I bought half a dozen roles of Kodak Double-X from a guy on eBay who breaks down 250 ft lengths into 36 exposure cassettes. Double-X is a motion picture film that has been produced since the 1950s. Most recently it has been used by Christopher Nolan for the black and…

I went to the local cemetery to break the block I inevitably develop over the Christmas and New Year period. It is so dark here. First shot of the year with my new favourite camera on a very light weight tripod – more on that another time. Do you spot…

I gave up on social media (other than commenting on YouTube videos) a few years ago but have decided I need to loosen up a bit. I still feel the great animosity towards the social media platforms. They are not a benign force. But it is hard to “kick against…