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Photographing wildlife with 4×5 large format camera and expired film

Jun 19, 2021 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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These days, for sports and wildlife shooters, it seems the smaller sensor cameras are often favoured for the “extra reach” with long lenses. Most wildlife shooters I know, at least up until the days of mirrorless, were shooting fast APS-C DSLRs like the Nikon D500 and Canon 7D Mark II. Some have switched to Fuji and even Micro Four Thirds mirrorless.

But for some photographers, bigger is always better. And that certainly seems to be the case for Markus Hofstätter. We’ve featured Markus a bunch of times here on DIYP for his wet plate photography, but attempting to shoot wildlife on a 4×5 large format camera, especially with expired film is definitely a little… extra.

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Ektachrome 120 and 4×5 formats will be available in the next ten days, Kodak confirms

Dec 10, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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In early 2019, Kodak announced the comeback of Ektachrome 120 roll film and large format sheet film. After keeping us waiting for almost a year, it seems that we’re now only days away from the official launch. According to Kodak, the Ektachrome 120mm and 4×5 film will be available to order worldwide within the next ten days.

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Drum Scanned – A Review of 35mm Kodak E100

Jan 17, 2019 by Michael Strickland Add Comment
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To those who follow my work closely, you may know that I consider myself a large format photographer. I will photograph with a medium format camera, particularly when I’m trying to save weight on a backpacking trip or save time when I’m teaching a photography workshop, but 35mm has been somewhat shunned in my arsenal, being a format I deemed too small to be used effectively for my work.

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These are the first photos shot on the resurrected Kodak Ektachrome film

Oct 19, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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The Kodak Ektachrome E100 film is finally being shipped to distributors worldwide, and some of us can’t wait to get our hands on a few rolls of it. Photographer Peter Guttman was lucky to be one of the few beta testers of the film, and he kindly shared with DIYP some of the images he took. And just as I imagined – they’re gorgeous.

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Kodak is now shipping Ektachrome rolls out to testers

Aug 14, 2018 by John Aldred 4 Comments
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The noise surrounding Ektachrome’s return has been quite fascinating. A lot of people are getting very excited, and also very impatient about it coming back. Originally announced at CES 2017 Kodak later said a “limited supply” would become available for testing with general availability in 2018.

Things are a bit behind schedule, though. And we’re only now hearing of the first test rolls going out.

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The first test shots from Kodak’s new Ektrachrome have been released

Jun 4, 2018 by John Aldred Add Comment
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The return of Ektachrome has been getting many film photographers very excited. Announced at CES in January last year, Kodak went on to commit to a launch in 2018. It may be a little later than that announcement suggested, but Kodak has now finally released the first test shots from the new Ektachrome film. And it looks wonderful.

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Kodak bringing back Ektachrome film back to market in 2018

Sep 13, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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We have reported before that Kodak could bring their Ektachrome film back this year. As the end of 2017 approaches, we’re anxious to hear the news regarding this launch. According to a comment they posted on Twitter, they’ll be officially launching a limited amount of the film at the beginning of 2018.

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Bad news for Kodachrome lovers: Kodak may not be re-launching the iconic film after all

Jan 27, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic 14 Comments
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Film photographers all over the world had high hopes for the comeback of Kodachrome. However, it appears we’ll have to wait for it. Probably for a long, long time. The problems with film processing haven’t been resolved, so it may be unlikely for this iconic film to reach the users again.

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Kodak are “investigating” the possibility of bringing back Kodachrome

Jan 10, 2017 by John Aldred 15 Comments
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The film so famous that Paul Simon wrote a song about it may be coming back. Kodak’s Kodachrome was the choice of both hobbyist and professional photographers for years. It was first released in 1935, and production ran all the way until 2009. Despite digital already having taken a firm grasp on the world of photography, it upset many photographers who still shot both film and digital.

During a discussion at CES on The Kodakery podcast, they briefly mentioned the re-launch of Ektachrome, and the possibility of Kodachrome actually going back into production.

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