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…is building http://Analog.Cafe, a blog for film (photography) lovers and makers.

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Note that I’m simplifying here quite a bit as it’s not just RGB but specific wavelengths and the dyes are actually negative values minus the mask fog (so a red-sensitive molecule will be coupled to some variation of green dye that will be later inverted into red after scanning or printing)

06.03.2026 21:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Basically, there’s a specific light sensor and matching dye molecules. In normal film, molecules sensitive to red light will be coupled to red dyes that show up during development. Same for green and blue. But here, the red-sensitive molecule is coupled to blue, blue-sensitive is couple to red, etc

06.03.2026 21:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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You can’t make film like this except at the factory that manufactures all the layers in-house. Certainly not a film for everyone and probably easier to make than a highly-accurate film like Portra, but still a very special product

06.03.2026 00:53 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Hey #believeinfilm friends,

Harman has just launched a new film!

In this post, I'm discussing what this means for analogue photography when a 147-year-old traditional black-and-white film factory begins to make its version of Lomo Turquoise:

www.analog.cafe/comments/3s76

#filmphotography 🎞️📸

05.03.2026 19:29 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

I found leaked sample photos shot on the new Harman colour-negative film!

For full context, the photos themselves and the leak source, see this thread:

www.analog.cafe/comments/3epm

This is a spoiler, click at your own risk ;)

#filmphotography #analogphotography 🎞️📸

04.03.2026 05:50 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Same!

04.03.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

💯

04.03.2026 07:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

I found leaked sample photos shot on the new Harman colour-negative film!

For full context, the photos themselves and the leak source, see this thread:

www.analog.cafe/comments/3epm

This is a spoiler, click at your own risk ;)

#filmphotography #analogphotography 🎞️📸

04.03.2026 05:50 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

True. Can be problematic

04.03.2026 01:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, that’s the thing with these projects, there’s usually no 3rd party opinion of any kind. Though if they could produce the top-down view there’s probably potential for a pentaprism? Not sure if it’s actually possible tho

04.03.2026 00:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Film Photography News — February 2026 Recap A new ISO 400 colour-negative film from China: Lucky C400; Fujifilm’s “secret” Japan-made colour-negative film, a new mystery film from Harman, Kodak’s updated Ektachrome film boxes, plus: how to deve...

Youp, there are actually four new panoramic concepts just this year: www.analog.cafe/r/film-photo...

04.03.2026 00:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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NanoPano Panoramic Half-Frame Medium Format Camera Capture up to 25 panoramic frames on 120 film. A ratio of 2.33:1 makes your images proportional to anamorphic and wide-screen cinema stills.

Like this nanopano.sprkplg.com

04.03.2026 00:11 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Love the top-down SLR design!

04.03.2026 00:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Half-frame medium format cameras are lokey genius idea for panoramic format. Smaller than XPan but still worth it for the ease of scanning.

04.03.2026 00:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We can also split the parts and sell them as spairs hehe

04.03.2026 00:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

lol I've made some purchases in the past

04.03.2026 00:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think a price will be something resembling an expensive mechanical camera made near Wetzlar

03.03.2026 20:58 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Watch Jeff and Suzan Bridges unbox WideluxX #1 and WideluxX #2 German-made panoramic film cameras. A Hollywood celebrity has recently joined a German print-only English-language magazine about film photography to rebuild a mechanical swing-lens panoramic film camera that is a reverse-engineered ver...

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

Watch Jeff and Suzan Bridges unbox WideluxX #1 and WideluxX #2 German-made panoramic film cameras: www.analog.cafe/comments/exwp

Youp, it's Jeff Bridges who played The Dude in The Big Lebowski.

Yes, those are complete copies of the original Widelux F8 cameras.

03.03.2026 18:09 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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Confirmed: Harman will be launching a new film on March 5th, 2026. @matigol1906 spotted a new film box by Harman that read Harman Switch Azure 125 early in February this year. @serichards then showed me a trademark registration for the same name in the UK. We now hav...

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

Harman will be launching a new colour film on Thursday!

www.analog.cafe/comments/efzx

I have no idea what it is (shared some of my thoughts and guesses in the linked post above).

What do you think it'll be?

#filmphotography #photography #analogphotography

01.03.2026 20:20 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Found that Phoenix I overexposed very easily so I avoided but now that you mentioned it, I'll give it another go :)

27.02.2026 21:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😁

27.02.2026 21:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey #believeinfilm friends,

I've just updated my Harman Phoenix review with new images, new experiments (bleach bypass), and an overall better written structure and easier-to-find key points about this uniquely British colour-negative film:

www.analog.cafe/r/harman-pho...

#filmphotography 🎞️📸

26.02.2026 18:20 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Youp, I was quite disappointed. I guess it's a good reminder that the vast majority of the times posted on Massive Dev Chart is opinions of people like us trying things (and sometimes getting them wrong)

26.02.2026 18:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey #believeinfilm friends,
I just published this month's Analog.Cafe newsletter:

A new ISO 400 colour-negative film from China, Fujifilm’s “secret” Japan-made film, a Harman mystery, updated Ektachrome, new pano projects, Leica Monopan, and the packfilm project! 🎞️📸
www.analog.cafe/r/film-photo...

24.02.2026 17:32 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!

23.02.2026 20:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey #believeinfilm friends,

Today I review my new favourite everyday black-and-white film, Kentmere Pan 200:

www.analog.cafe/r/kentmere-p...

In this review, I'm including the CORRECT development times in Rodinal (Massive Dev Chart has them completely off, don't use those!)

#filmphotography 🎞️📸

23.02.2026 17:30 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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About the Leica Monopan 50 and the future of pack film. Today, I met with Take Kayo — @bigheadtaco — and spoke to him about the immediate happenings at Leica and the Light Lens Lab. He had some very encouraging news for me from both campuses. #editorial

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

I spoke to someone in the know about the Leica Monopan and packfilm — which may become a resurrected medium sooner than I thought:

www.analog.cafe/comments/755l

It's good news all around!

#filmphotography #analogphotography #photography

20.02.2026 21:20 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Cheaper Way to Shoot Slide Film + App Updates In this month’s newsletter, I’d like to share a technique for developing slide film at home economically so that the Ektachrome price tag doesn’t sting as much, and introduce an upcoming app update th...

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

This month's member newsletter is out. I talk about developing film positives at home with Rodinal, film prices, film inversion tools, and more:

www.analog.cafe/r/a-cheaper-...

#filmphotography #photography

20.02.2026 17:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes!

20.02.2026 00:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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February update to January tea: Fujifilm Superia Premium 400 is back in stock (Japan only), and Flic Film Aurora 800 is… A lot of new developments have happened for film photography this month, some of which nearly cancel the things I said earlier. For one, Fujifilm’s only colour-negative film is back in stock — if you ...

Hey #believeinfilm friends,

I have more #filmphotography news: Fujifilm is selling its Japan-made colour-negative film again, silver prices are down, and Flic Film Aurora 800 is discontinued. Details:

www.analog.cafe/comments/5pj4

More to come.

19.02.2026 19:28 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0