This is undoubtedly one of the most important news for film photography for as long as we can remember. Bringing back to life such a popular film in the 120 formats is truly a game-changer for everyone. For the ones looking to get into 120 and not die trying, and for the professionals who…
One of the most commonly asked questions we get at our lab is: what is the difference between the Nortisu scanner and the Frontier scanner? Which one is better? Which one is right for me? In order to properly answer this often asked question, we thought we would dedicate a blog post to it. Because…
Since the recent news of the discontinuation of some films beloved by our clients (we’re looking at you Fuji400H), we’ve been getting more questions about storing your film in the fridge or storing film freezer. Should I put my film in the fridge? Can I freeze my film? How long will my film last in…
This was the date: 24.10.19. Ilford teased the net with the announcement of a brand new film that was about to be released, and “oh boy”, there was excitement to be had. If there is something the film photography industry is know for it is definnetely the lack of good news. We’ve seen a bit…
Our aim of being helpful and bring film photography education to everyone is deeply engraved in our DNA, we want to answer the question that we have heard countless times especially at the shop. “Which are the main differences between Kodak 400TX and Kodak 400T-Max?” Same 400 ISO sensitivity, almost identical packaging and similar name……
How To Archive Your Negatives
This is a bit of a different one. We’ve been working on Wesley Verhoeve film for a while and we couldn’t be happier to be part of his Newsletter. If you are a photographer, and especially a film photographer, we can’t stress enough how valuable the PROCESS Newsletter is. To be honest, it’s really hard…
NEW 400TX Point & Shoot – A new surprise from Kodak
This is a special one! This time, we got to test this little big camera before it was released to the market, and we were honestly surprised by the result and not something we expected to see at the end of the year. From what we could know from Kodak, they had been cooking…
ILFORD COLOR RETRO Disposable Camera Review – Is this real life?
One of the most unexpected things of this 2021 was Ilford (well, “Ilford”) releasing a point & shoot dressed as Retro and filled with color film. Ilford? Color? Mmmm… suspicious. We had to look into this combo and understand what is really under the hood of this new little plastic guy. Is Ilford doing…
How To Pack Your Film
As you can imagine we get quite a bit of mail coming through our doors (in fact we may or may not be best friends with our local postman). And during the five years that Carmencita Film Lab has had its doors open we have seen a lot of wrong ways to mail film…