Ever wonder how film is actually manufactured? It’s no secret that analog photography is getting more and more popular, so we can’t help but ask: what does this all mean for the film supply? Fortunately, Smarter Every Day has given us an inside look at the Kodak plant in Rochester, New York, where we…
As 35mm color film became scarcer than toilet paper during the pandemic days, we have seen an increasing amount of eager film photographers looking at different options to keep shooting color on 35mm and not die trying. This eventually shifted the focus to “the other” type of film made by Kodak. The color film…
Photo by Aida Chambó XXXL RESOLUTION We know that as film shooters you have several possibilities when it comes to getting your images scanned, and we’ve certainly come a long way from our M-size comfort zone. Whenever we have the chance to upgrade your options, we try to figure out how we can deliver our best….
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 Noritsu 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…
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 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 to…