#believeinfilm Damn man, just found out that Freestyle Photo is closing their retail store on Sunset Blvd (in Hollywood) effective December 19th , 2025. Nothing about the warehouse, guessing its not effected & theyre just gonna be an online shop.

#believeinfilm Anybody in the US happen to have a Gossen Multibeam spot attachment they want to sell to me (at a reasonable price)?

#believeinfilm Reflx Labs has Lucky Color 200 in 35mm & 120!!

35mm:
https://reflxlab.com/products/1-roll-lucky-color-200-film-36exp

120:
https://reflxlab.com/products/1-roll-lucky-color-200-c41-film-120?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=b81755422&pr_rec_pid=8610393456806&pr_ref_pid=8610380480678&pr_seq=uniform

#believeinfilm Silvergrain Classics posted on IG showing off a prototype of the WideluxX 😃

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQCbxWojGIc/

#believeinfilm Saved ~$20 bucks from not buying a "oem" lens hood off ebay for my Tamron 17-35mm (A05) & got a 3d printed one for $1.50 at my local library. Actually 2, cuz the first one ended up having fraying/rough edges, which the second one did too, & the librarian was loke "eh, you can have both & just pay for one."

@aidanbell ooh, downtown LA area too. Nice.

Monchhichi mania, the US Open's influencer problem, protein foam, Luigi for Shein, Wondermind's implosion, Beast phone, the Reese Witherspoon tech bubble indicator, & how Trump lost the podcast bros -- all in today's newsletter! https://www.usermag.co/p/dark-money-is-quietly-shaping-the

#believeinfilm For anyone interested/those in the EU, a shop in Belgium has the "new" Kodak 250D & 500T with the new antihilation layer (no remjet) in 35mm 36exp rolls for €10.99:

250D: https://oldcam.ccvshop.nl/Filmriss-Cosmo-250D-135/36exp-C41!-(no-remjet-but-ahu)?Product=894654447&Lng=en

500T: https://oldcam.ccvshop.nl/Filmriss-Cosmo-500T-135/36exp-C41!-(no-remjet)?Product=894654426&Lng=en

#believeinfilm #filmphotography

Some news from Reflx Labs on the Lucky Film 200 color film!!

- Looks like they'll be launching it at the Shanghai Vision & Image 2025 exhibition, during 7/17 to 7/19.
- The retail price for a 36exp roll will be around ~$7usd in China, will be a bit cheaper in China.
- First batch will be ~10,000 rolls, with a gradually increase the production.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLl3ILVguC1/?img_index=1

#believeinfilm Heads up for anyone that does darkroom printing using Photographers Formulary Liquidol, its been discontinued. Seems like they cant get certain ingredients for it to make it, so whatevers out there is it.

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/liquidol-availability.214106/#post-2908629

I am not at home here

The world of the dead

Is a lonely place for the living....

#believeinfilm Optikoldschool has some of their preproduction run of Opticolor 200 (35mm & 120) for sale on their site (here: https://optik-oldschool.com/search?q=opticolor&options%5Bprefix%5D=last). 9.90€/$12usd

Its "limited quantity" until the final release in August/September of this year

#believeinfilm Some new film news, Lucky 200 color film launching mid-July!!

If anybody's willing to donate to the Orphaned Wildlife Center, you can donate on their site:

http://orphanedwildlife.org/donate/

#bear #wildlife

#believeinfilm for anyone that shoots 35mm color film, Freestyle has Kono Color 200 in 100' (30.5m) bulk roll for $189. Suprisingly not Kodak film, shows on the page its Made/Packaged in Germany, so most likely Inoviscoat (Orwo?)

https://www.freestylephoto.com/710210-KONO-COLOR-ISO-200-35MM-X-100-FT.-FILM

Looks like they (the french site) pulled the listings for the films (for now). Good chance they were told (scolded) to take em down till they were announced 🤷‍♂️

@tmcfarlane Yeah, I has seen a couple people talk about it on reddit. Ilford had made a post on their IG & twitter yesterday teasing something "coming soon" & were going to announce it on May 8th, which made me do some digging 😂

US equivalent prices. "Official" US prices may be lower/higher due to the constantly changing tariff prices from current administration:

24exp $6.77
36exp $7.90
120 $6.96
30.5m bulk roll $117.48.

#believeinfilm Kentmere 200 coming soon in 35mm (24exp & 36exp), 35mm bulk roll, and 120.

A store in France already has it on their site for preorder. Prices include VAT: 24exp €7.20, 36exp €8.40, 120 €7.40, 35mm 100ft (30.5m) bulk roll €124.90

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins