Basement Film Lab Recreates 1920s B&W Emulsion for Leica Shooters

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Basement Film Lab Recreates 1920s B&W Emulsion for Leica Shooters

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Two process historians are hand-coating a 1920s-formula B&W film in a Rochester basement. If you shoot Leica or any 35mm camera and you're bored of HP5 and Delta, this is the most interesting new film stock story in years. Not a commercial product yet, but worth watching.

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