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Abandoned hospitals in Ontario were few and far between, especially in my part of the province. While many hospitals were still expanding or constructing new buildings, these were often on active properties with lots of security. But when word got out of a fresh location, and by fresh, it had only closed three years before my getting in, you tend to jump on any chance you got. In an interesting turn of events, I ended up exploring the hospital where my father was born, both cool and weird at the same time. While our modern healthcare system in Ontario is not without its faults, itRead More →

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I’ve been looking to review a Hanimex camera since I discovered that it was a Hanimex camera that captured my early childhood memories. I really wanted to find the same model camera, the Hanimex 35SE, but sadly, the only ones I could find were for parts only or untested. Throughout last year, I kept my ears to the ground and ended up at Kosmo Foto’s shop, where I saw a massive amount of Hanimex cameras available. After confirming that he could ship to Canada, I began to look more closely. While a 35SE was available, it sold before I could pull the trigger. So IRead More →

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A few years ago, I reviewed a rather interesting developer, Diafine. Diafine is a universal black-and-white film developer. Universal in that it will develop all films using a fixed set of development times, which also requires that the film be exposed at a specific exposure index. But what if you could make this even simpler? Well, that’s where the fine folks at Flic Film come into play with their Elementary Developer. Like Diafine, Elementary is a two-bath developer with parts A and B, which you use as separate steps, but you only have one exposure time for all films and no need to expose theRead More →

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We love hearing from members of the community as a whole, especially when they reach out to us to talk about life, photography, film and more. So in today’s episode, join Alex as he sits down with Raf to talk about his journey from starting with photography to developing his own film at home. From Brazil to New York City, it’s a couple of nerds just enjoying life, the process and more. And almost everything is covered, from music to scanning, gear, film stocks, halation and even film simulations! If you want to check out more of Raf’s work you can find him online here.Read More →

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My introduction to photography came in the early days of digital photography entering the mainstream, so my medium of choice had always been film. You could pick up decent film cameras for cheap while digital cameras were still the realm of professionals or the rich. And the early options were low-quality. I had used digital through high school and my first years of college; my high school had the early Apple digital camera and also the Sony Mavica (the one that took 3.5″ floppy disks). And my dad had won an early HP digital camera through work. But I realised it was only a matterRead More →

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If there’s one thing that Double-X has is a wide latitude, being a cine-film you can punish this film with all sorts of conditions and still get some amazing results. Of all the films I’m running through these tests or reviews, Double-X is one that I’ve actually put through its paces. I’ve shot it at ASA-1600 and developed in both Diafine and D96 with excellent results. I’ve also over-exposed it and was presented with superb results so I have high hopes about these results! I also will note that this roll was from the Canadian company Flic Film as a respool! Film Specs Manufacturer: EastmanRead More →