Dmitri

Founding Editor

Publishing weekly stories, reviews, and guides on Analog.Cafe since 2017. I like hiking and indoor bouldering. Dogs. Not alone since 2010. I used to skateboard badly. Former life: Sr. Software Engineer at a Very Large Crop™. Vancouver.

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Chem Log
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November 19, 2024
Improve image quality and avoid mistakes when developing film at home. Chem Log keeps a record of all the mixing dates for your chemicals. This will help you avoid using expired chemicals. Chem Log keeps a record of films that were processed in each of your chemicals. This will help you avoid or compensate for exhausted chemicals.
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Giveaway: A Holiday Film & Camera Pack
Ends on December 16, 2024 ☝️
November 14, 2024
I’m giving away a half-frame camera and three rolls of film to one lucky winner! Subscribe to Analog.Cafe GOLD membership before December 16 and you’ll be entered into the draw. If you are already a subscriber, you will be entered into the draw automatically. I’ll announce the winner on December 17, 2024.
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Kodak Vision 3 50D 5203/7203 Film Review
Shot as Stills and Developed in C-41
November 12, 2024
Kodak Vision 3 50D 5203/7203 colour negative film was designed for movie cameras. But in the mid-2010s, CineStill popularized its use in SLRs and rangefinders with a remjet-less version, the 50D. As the availability of ECN-2 developers increased, the original Kodak (non-CineStill) version of this film also began to gain popularity amongst us still photographers. In this review, I’ll cover all the technical specifications, share samples, and review the various ways of getting hold of and developing this film.
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Nikon Nikkor 28mm 𝒇3.5 AI-S Lens Review
A Sharp, Well-Made Wide-Angle Lens for Under $100
November 7, 2024
The 28mm Nikkor AI-S is sharp, relatively distortion-free, it’s a pleasure to use, and it features a close focus of .3m/1’. In this review, I’ll cover the specifics of this 28mm wide-angle lens, retell its brief history, and share plenty of high-res scans, including an image (with an enlargement) shot on the highest-resolving photographic medium ever created.
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Film Ferrania Orto 50 Film Review
High-Contrast and Orthochromaticism (With and Without a Green Filter)
November 5, 2024
Film Ferrania’s Orto 50 is a newly reissued (2023)¹ orthochromatic black-and-white film by the famous Italian film factory. It features fine grain, high contrast, and blue light sensitivity (which makes it blind to the red colours). Orto 50 shares its fine grain, strong contrast, and some development times with Film Ferrania’s first product, P30 — but it’s not the same film.
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Minolta MD Zoom 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.8 Macro Lens Review
October 30, 2024
This zoom glass caught my attention for its incredibly light 189g/6.7oz frame and the apparent fact that it’s optically the same as the Leica Vario-Elmar-R 35-70mm 1:3.5. There’s also a version of this lens with macro capabilities that weighs a bit more but can focus at 33cm/13” with a 0.25x magnification factor.
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Film Photography News — October 2024 Recap
No More Vision 3 Film Reels, All B&W Films Look the Same, Lomo’Instant Wide Glass, and More!
October 29, 2024
Kodak is no longer selling Vision 3 film reels for bulk loading, photographers are terrible at telling which black-and-white film a photo was shot on but we can expose it with LEGOs — which is pretty cool. Lomography released Lomo’Instant Wide Glass, “the world’s sharpest instant camera,” and a fancy version of their Lomomatic 110 camera. Jagglé’s Berlinova daylight film processing units are on Kickstarter, Polaroid’s new film is Reclaimed Green, Crown & Flint app gets an update, and Analog Sparks declares competition winners. Plus, a new guide to editing film scans.
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Photographers Are Terrible at Identifying Most B&W Films
573 Participants Guessed Correctly Just 37.6% of the Time
October 28, 2024
What guides your choice of black-and-white film? Is it the contrast, the grain, or something else? Last year, I built a game, “What The Film ?!” with Daren and Yvonne. It randomized black-and-white photos and asked players to guess what film they were shot on. This weekend, I brushed through the entries and found a few interesting stats about our understanding of black-and-white films… One of which is our apparent inability to identify most of them correctly.
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Fine-Tuning Film Photography
A Monthly Letter for the GOLD Members
October 25, 2024
Should you edit your scans — and if so, how would you do that, if the film was exposed with a few LEGO bricks? And what about doing that for a living? In this monthly letter for GOLD members, I’m introducing a new course on editing film photos, sharing some bonus content related to the unique and rare LEGO film camera, touching on the challenges of being a full-time creative, and setting the expectations for the next month on Analog.Cafe.
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How to Edit Film Scans
Bring the Best Out of Your Film
October 24, 2024
This course will teach you the nuances of colour balance and a few simple methods for applying colour corrections. You will learn how to get the best colours and detail out of your film scans and how to draw viewer’s attention to your photos through editing without going too far.
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Chem Log

Web App

November 19, 2024

Giveaway: A Holiday Film & Camera Pack

Ends on December 16, 2024 ☝️

November 14, 2024

Kodak Vision 3 50D 5203/7203 Film Review

Shot as Stills and Developed in C-41

November 12, 2024

Nikon Nikkor 28mm 𝒇3.5 AI-S Lens Review

A Sharp, Well-Made Wide-Angle Lens for Under $100

November 7, 2024

Film Ferrania Orto 50 Film Review

High-Contrast and Orthochromaticism (With and Without a Green Filter)

November 5, 2024

Minolta MD Zoom 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.8 Macro Lens Review

October 30, 2024

Film Photography News — October 2024 Recap

No More Vision 3 Film Reels, All B&W Films Look the Same, Lomo’Instant Wide Glass, and More!

October 29, 2024

Photographers Are Terrible at Identifying Most B&W Films

573 Participants Guessed Correctly Just 37.6% of the Time

October 28, 2024

Fine-Tuning Film Photography

A Monthly Letter for the GOLD Members

October 25, 2024

How to Edit Film Scans

Bring the Best Out of Your Film

October 24, 2024

Meet the Analog.Cafe authors!