It was during the pre-production process for my video about Efke 100 that I finally decided to review Efke 50. I was looking back at my past photos, not only the ones I shot on Efke 100, but also 50 and 25. And I quickly found that by numbers alone, 50 and 100 were my favourite two flavours, with a lot of my favourite shots being taken on Ekfe 50. Until working on this review, the last roll I had shot was almost ten years ago (2016 at the Virginia Intermont College during the MAMU VIII event on my second day). I ended up developingRead More →

Back in the early days when I was just starting to explore the wonderful world of films outside of Fuji, Kodak, and Ilford I hopped on the Freestyle website and discovered two brands of film I had never heard of before and landed myself a variety of Efke and Adox films. Today I’m going with one of my favourite of these ‘classic’ emulsions, and that is Adox CHS 100. Like Efke, CHS films are silver rich, grainy and lands you a mid-century classic look. Sadly, the original CHS 100 ended when Fotoimipex closed down shop in 2012. Adox, however, bounced back and still produce onRead More →

When it comes to classic films, Kodak has plenty of options that you can still get. But one of my personal favourites is a genuinely classic film, and that is Efke 100. Any Efke. But of all the Efke flavours the one I’m most familiar with is Efke 100. The 100 flavour is a silver rich film, fantastic tones and gives you that mid-century look that you see in the snapshots of your parents in your grandparent’s albums. These days while no longer produced if you check on eBay and find the right seller you can get a great deal on some new-old-stock that theRead More →