❌

Normal view

The IMAX Camera That Shot Christopher Nolan’s β€˜The Odyssey’ Has Gone on Public Display

18 May 2026 at 11:10

A high-end IMAX KEIGHLEY film camera is displayed against a black background, featuring a large central lens, carbon fiber texture, and an attached viewfinder on the top right.

The camera used to shoot Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic The Odyssey -- the first movie ever to be shot entirely on IMAX cameras -- has gone on public display in Los Angeles.

[Read More]

Polaroid Go Generation 3 Is the World’s Smallest Instant Analog Camera

2 June 2026 at 14:45

Left: A black Polaroid instant camera prints a photo of a person. Right: A smiling person holds a small, compact camera up to their face, as if taking a picture, against a pink background.

Polaroid has announced its smallest instant analog camera ever, the Go Generation 3. The company takes that one step further, describing its brand-new instant camera as "the best Polaroid Go yet."

[Read More]

You’ve Probably Never Seen a Full-Spectrum Color Photo

20 May 2026 at 19:04

Two images show colorful flower arrangements in vases. The left image has a variety of flowers in a blue vase on a small table, while the right image features large red flowers in a similar vase on a green surface.

Science educator Steve Mould's newest video sheds fascinating light on an oft-forgotten color photography process. Mould's video has the grabby title, "You've Never Seen a Real Photo," which is closer to the truth than it sounds.

[Read More]

You Can Eat Your Popcorn From an IMAX Camera Bucket While Watching β€˜The Odyssey’

18 June 2026 at 11:08

A box shaped like an IMAX film camera, filled with popcorn, sits against a white background. The camera’s viewfinder shows a desert scene from a movie.

Novelty popcorn buckets are typically characters from Hollywood blockbusters. For example, there was a Grogu bucket for the recent Star Wars movie.

[Read More]

β€˜The Odyssey’ Website Lets You Watch the Trailer in All Six Different Formats

8 June 2026 at 12:42

Four scenes from an ancient battle film: warriors in armor and helmets stand in a forest, two face off closely, soldiers gather, and fighters march past a rocky cliff with a fortress in the background.

The website for Christopher Nolan's upcoming The Odyssey lets viewers watch the movie trailer in all the film's different formats, from IMAX 70mm to Dolby Vision.

[Read More]

Ilford and Expired Film Club Get Into the World Cup Spirit

27 May 2026 at 14:03

Six boxes and two rolls of Ilford black and white film, labeled as football collectors edition, are arranged in two rows. The boxes feature vintage football match photos and different Ilford film types.

Harman Technology, among the world's largest makers of analog photo films, darkroom papers, and photo chemicals, has announced new limited-edition, football- (or soccer-) themed packaging for two of its most popular 35mm films, just in time for the World Cup, which kicks off in just a few weeks.

[Read More]

Unknown Photographer Who Took First Royal Portrait Honored With Blue Plaque

29 May 2026 at 15:54

An older man with white hair sits in a dark suit, raising his right hand to his temple in a thoughtful pose, set against a dark background.

A photographer believed to have taken the very first portrait of the British Royal Family has been honored with a blue plaque in the English city of Brighton.

[Read More]

Lomo’s Sprocket Rocket Pano Film Camera Comes In an Ugly New Color

10 June 2026 at 21:46

A pink vintage camera sits on a yellow surface with a pink background. Behind it, a mirror reflects the camera, but the reflection appears as a yellow camera instead of pink.

Lomography's latest release, a pair of new colorways for its popular Sprocket Rocket 35mm panoramic film camera, is a real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation. One of the new colorways is beautiful and understated, while the other is super ugly. The fun part is that some readers may not know which of the two colorways is the ugly one.

[Read More]

Film Friday: Kodak Portra 800 Is High-Speed, Color Perfection

12 June 2026 at 16:28

A split image: on the left, a young person with shoulder-length hair looks thoughtfully into the distance; on the right, a bride and groom walk hand in hand down a wooded path, the groom in brown and the bride in white.

If you were to ask us what the perfect color film is, we’d tell you it is Kodak Portra. Exactly which speed of Portra matters only a little as the whole family of films is pretty amazing.

[Read More]

❌
Subscriptions