Analog

A hand holds a black film camera with a large lens and a viewfinder, outdoors in front of a blurred airplane and the word "SPACE" partially visible on a building in the background.

This 3D-Printed Camera Can Make You Fall in Love With Panoramic Analog Photography

I love panoramic photography. There is just something special about a super-wide aspect ratio that flexes my creative muscles. I'm far from the only one. Photographer Jace LeRoy, who goes by analog_astronaut on social media, has also been bitten by the panorama bug. He recently showed off a camera he built, the Infidex 176, which uses 35mm film to capture 72 x 24 millimeter frames, and it's awesome.

A person is scanning a strip of photo negatives with a digital scanner, which displays a developed image of a wedding party celebrating outdoors.

HP FilmScan 7″ Brings Old Negatives and Slides Back to Life

HP has introduced the HP FilmScan 7" Touch Screen Film Scanner, a user-friendly digitizer designed to convert old negatives and slides into high-resolution digital files without requiring a computer during scanning. Featuring a large touchscreen interface, built-in editing tools, and HDMI output, the FilmScan aims to make preserving film archives simple and accessible.

A black-and-white split image shows a woman’s emotional face with a tear on the left and her looking upward hopefully on the right. The word "unavailable" is vertically overlaid on both sides.

You Won’t See Another Super Bowl Ad Like This One

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos teamed up yet again with famous actor Emma Stone for what is very likely to be the only Super Bowl commercial this year shot on 35mm Kodak 2302 black and white film stock with Panavision lenses.

A collage with three images: a hand holding a revolver, a man with glasses and a black turtleneck, and a person sitting on a chair covered in snow, wearing winter clothes and a cap.

Albert Watson’s Legendary Photos of Cultural Icons

Albert Watson is one of photography’s great image-makers. For more than five decades, his work has moved effortlessly between portraiture, fashion, fine art, and landscape. His work has now been brought together in a definitive monograph titled Albert Watson. Kaos.

Two Kodak film boxes: one yellow and green labeled "Kodak TRI-X 400" for black & white film, and one yellow and red labeled "Kodak Ektar 100" for color negative film. Both are marked "professional.

Ektar and Tri-X Are Now Being Distributed Directly By Kodak

Kodak continues to assume control of its film distribution, which it calls "direct-from-Kodak" films, after starting last year with Kodacolor. Two classics now join the line and new distribution arrangement: Kodak Tri-X Black & White Negative Film and Kodak Ektar Color Negative Film, both available in 135 and 120 format rolls.

A black-and-white photo collage of a bearded man making three faces: surprised with hands on cheeks, smiling with pixelated "deal with it" sunglasses, and grinning while holding an object over one eye.

Uncovering the Secret Lenses Inside Old-School Analog Photo Booths

Photographer and YouTube creator Mathieu Stern loves vintage lenses. He also loves vintage analog photo booths. So Stern set out to find out exactly which lenses are used in old-school film photo booths so he could recreate the exact look at home. It was much harder than one might think.

Two overhead views of assorted vintage Polaroid film boxes, some in bright colors and bold numbers, alongside photography accessories like filters and lenses, arranged on orange (left) and blue (right) backgrounds.

Thank You Hipsters: Because of You, Film Is Thriving Again

Once upon a time, in the last century, before hipsters and when only restaurants had menus, photography was film and film was photography. Both consumers and pros used film, and every camera jockey had a favorite kind: large format, medium format, 35mm, APS, 126, Disc, etc.

Three photographs of the Great Wall of China are displayed side by side against a pale background, each showing different angles and lighting of the wall winding through mountains.

Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography

China is one of the world's biggest photography markets, even besting the Americas in terms of camera and lens sales earlier this year. However, China's rich photographic history is not well known in the West, something American photographer Ben Fraternale, who runs the excellent photography YouTube channel "In An Instant," hopes to change through his new three-part documentary series, "Inside China."

A split image: on the left, a painted portrait of a man in early 19th-century attire; on the right, an old, blurry black-and-white photograph showing a rooftop scene with buildings and trees.

France Plans to Mark 200 Years of Photography in 2026

To mark the 200th anniversary of the world's oldest surviving photograph, France is holding the Bicentennial of Photography, a series of events to celebrate the medium. There will be exhibitions, festivals, fairs, lectures, and much more across the course of 2026 and 2027

A collage of three images: a gloved hand examining a photo with a ruler, a close-up of a vintage camera viewfinder and lens, and a black Leica 110 camera showing its lens and viewfinder.

The Most Special Cameras, Lenses, and Photos in Leica’s Archives

Leica counted down the days to Christmas in style, delivering daily videos that showcase "the most special things" in the company's archives. As is tradition, the photographic advent calendar of sorts concluded yesterday, Christmas Eve, and we thought a nice little Christmas present to our passionate readers was a recap of Leica's Christmas countdown.