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A Monthly Letter for the GOLD Members

3 min read by Dmitri.
Published on June 21, 2024. Updated on August 24, 2024.

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I would like to thank all the Analog.Cafe supporters — whether you’re a GOLD member or a casual reader. This project would not exist without you!

The new membership program has been running since January. It’s a huge help when it comes to paying the bills to keep Analog.Cafe running. I hope that you find it useful for your film photography journey as well.

In this letter: Future communication. A bit of personal news. Upcoming projects. Your voice. Support this blog & get premium features with GOLD memberships!

Future communication.

Going forward, I plan to send monthly updates, like this one, every Friday preceding the Community Letters dispatch. These emails (also posted on the blog) are meant to be a conversation about the future of Analog.Cafe where you can learn about the internal workings and suggest how it can serve you better.

A bit of personal news.

I’ve been a web developer for over twenty years, but this summer, I quit my job as a senior software engineer at WebMD to work on Analog.Cafe full-time.

Computers have been my passion for much longer than film cameras, but, unfortunately, coding for a large corporation can not compete with the creative bliss I feel after pressing a shutter or while working on this blog. So, after a couple of years of saving, my wife and I decided it was time to take a plunge into another world.

It’s a privilege to be in a place like this; I am grateful. But it’s not clear whether it can last just a few months or for years to come. Let’s see how this goes.

Upcoming projects.

A new experiment comparing all the ISO 800 daylight colour films will be landing this Sunday. I’ll tell you all about it in the upcoming Community Letters or feel free to come back later this week to read it and view all the comparisons in detail. This is a member-exclusive.

New film brand? Analog.Cafe will be turning seven in about a month. My plan is to find a good bulk roll of film and garnish my 35mm canisters with anniversary graphics in celebration of the date. Let me know if you have any thoughts about this!

Film price update & interactive price graphs. Film prices may have come down over the past few months. This July, I’ll run another industry survey to see where we at this year. I’m planning to create interactive graphics that should help you see more details, like individual film price graph overlays and store price histories.

Film inversion app. Two years ago, I wrote a piece of software that I’ve been using to this day to invert all my film negatives without fundamentally altering their “look.” It’s still a long way from being published, but now that I’ve got some free time, I’ll work on it more.

Audio. A few years back, I recorded myself reading an article to test how useful that may be. The feedback I got from friends was great, but I didn’t have enough to keep doing it. But now I’ve got a decent microphone and the will to try again. Expect to see a few audio recordings with side notes next to select articles in the coming months.

Your voice.

What do you think of these ideas? Is there a guide or a review you’d like to see on Analog.Cafe; perhaps some other features? I’m all ears. Feel free to comment below or email [email protected].

Thank you so much for your support. I really appreciate it!

— Dmitri.

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