Film Photography News – June 28, 2026

Shout out to Analogue Katya for this submit! She instructed me that Flic Film was popping out with a brand new movie and that began a mole tunnel system into checking up on what’s been happening within the movie pictures trade.

A. LOT.

Loads has been happening!

Which, after all, a lot of you already know. But, in case you hadn’t seen a few of these issues – together with ones introduced this previous week, right here’s a fast abstract of the whole lot I’ve to atone for.

And in case you’re new round right here – I used to report movie pictures trade information on 35mmc (couple years in the past now, yikes!) after which on Youtube for a time and it was one of the crucial enjoyable issues I’ve ever accomplished!

• Flic Film Fusion 200 film – $12.99/roll

• Reflx Lab (these of us have been busyyyyyyyy)

• ONDU just lately launched their new 8 x 10 massive format digital camera!

• New PolaCon introduced for Portland, OR

• Fourth of July Photowalk with Eli Vicks & VSCO (NYC)

• Experimental Photo Festival – Barcelona in July 22-26, 2026!!

  • I’m collaborating within the on-line model of this and couldn’t be extra excited 🙂 Maybe sometime I’ll get there in individual however for now, so pleased they’ve made a part of this ACCESSIBLE by way of the web.

• The Sustainable Darkroom is having a free occasion in Edinburgh on July twentieth – extra data here.

• Crown & Flint – monitoring app (the perfect) – is on model 8.2!!

  • test it out in order for you one thing to trace your gear, your taking pictures, calculate publicity for you, and export a abstract (amongst many many different issues). It’s 100% price it and the perfect UX I’ve tried up to now. Even simply as a lightweight meter app, it’s price it.

• Vintage Visual (AGO processor) launched Project Frank (dev 8/16mm at dwelling simpler)

• Developing in the Dark – Charity Photography Exhibition July sixth – seventeenth (Liverpool, England) with Little Vintage Photography!

• straight 8 – should you prefer to make tremendous 8 brief movies, straight 8 is open for entry! deadline is September 2026 for 2027’s competitors.

• The Alfie Cameras BOXX Kickstarter can nonetheless be backed for now to get rewards

• Light Lens Lab is making peel aside movie AND their very own black and white movie

• Analog Forever Mag – Open Call for Entry – Submit by July 5, 2026

• Reto Production Ltd. – after all you’ve already seen my posts on the brand new Kodak Charmera Millennium Edition 🙂 And the Snapic A1!

• Newgrain App – did you see they’ve made an internet model? test it out here.

  • Maybe extra ideas in one other submit on this however one of many coolest issues is the INDEX by movie inventory, by digital camera, AND by lab!

• Chroma Camera added new viewfinder l-plates to match vertical orientation for Six7 cameras.

• Adox and FotoImpex have grow to be impartial of the general public grid – cool!

• Adox additionally has an article from January (of 2026?) saying that their new movie HELIOS is to be launched available on the market quickly…ermm, when is quickly ADOX?? I feel that is an previous submit and may actually be the one I’ve reported on earlier than lol however it doesn’t say the 12 months…

• Polaroid

  • Reclaimed Purple

  • the Go 3 launch

• Lomography

• Celluloid Collective – nonetheless going with their distinctive movie shop!

• Harman/Ilford – Azure and Red movies – eh lol

• Film Ferrania – movie is again! no, it’s not. it’s again, once more! Just kidding guys. months later…it’s again once more! Ferrania please. Jokes apart, I feel it’s again, but in addition out of inventory. I do know ARS Imago shares it so possibly hold an eye fixed out?

• Widelux did come out (it was in preliminary venture phases after I stopped doing the information) however for that price ticket, it’s positively not for us peasants!

• Dubblefilm got here out with a brand new pre-exposed movie SOLAR 200 & 400 earlier this 12 months in case you missed it! It appears good for summer season!

• Mint Camera has just lately launched a “MAX” model of their SLR670 however in all probability extra impressively, a NEW SHARPA lens for SX-70 cameras.

  • I did just lately purchase an SLR670s (shoots all polaroid movie codecs) with this lens and it’s sharp, possibly a evaluation coming later (as a result of I even have a daily SX-70 lens to check with)

  • Also, I’m nonetheless a bit fuzzy on the variations between all of the completely different SLR670 variations…so is the MAX simply that with the Sharpa lens? If you do purchase from Mint, they provide the possibility so as to add the sharpa lens (suppose that was free for my buy on the time).

Here are another issues I’m catching up on like new movies to check out:

• Lucky C200 (35mm and 120 – ordered from Reflx Lab)

• Reflx Lab 640T and 320D

• Reflx Lab Fortuna 200 110 Film (respooled Lucky 200)

• Flic Film Fusion 200 (ordered from Freestyle)

Ok, that’s all I received for immediately! Let me know any information/tidbits you’re enthusiastic about within the feedback 🙂 Or should you noticed something that’s not right here.

Or what you photographed/developed/did/learn/noticed this weekend? Correct solutions can even embrace resting, doomscrolling, bedrotting and doing completely nothing! Bonus factors should you supported Juneteenth, a Pride march or an LGBTQIAP+ enterprise, individual, or trigger at any level this month (but in addition all 12 months spherical) 🙂

Cheers,

~M

p.s. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for filling out the current snail mail ballot and sending me your ideas/feedback. I’ve been sitting with these for a bit to see the place (if something) to go subsequent with it. But extra on this later!