Dan Finnen

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Let’s Talk About Alkaline Batteries

July 3, 2022 By Dan Finnen

It’s happened to everyone. You open up a drawer, pull out an old piece of electronics, be a remote, toy, game controller, or what have you. You try using it, and you find it’s dead. Just need some new batteries of course. You flip open the battery compartment door, and that’s when you see it: […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: Film, film camera, film photography

Storm Clouds Gather Over Film Photography

February 14, 2019 By Dan Finnen

Update June 2019: Some good news! Tetenal lives to see another day (sort of)! Also, Polaroid Originals has Spectra and large format back in stock in the US. Whew! It’s no secret that film, as a consumer product, is dead. However, despite this, the past decade has been amazing for professionals and amateur photographers who […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, Instax, news, Polaroid, tetenal

Kodak 3200 ISO Black and White Film Returns

February 27, 2018 By Dan Finnen

After the recent fall of packfilm, some good news in the world of film photography! Kodak is bringing back the venerable 3200 ISO black and white film… sort of. It doesn’t seem to be exactly the same film as the old version, but it should hopefully get similar results. The new version of the film […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: 35mm film, film photography, Ilford, Kodak, p3200, Portra, Tmax

The Impossible Project is now Polaroid Originals

September 13, 2017 By Dan Finnen

Okay, settle in everyone, because this one is a doozy. The Impossible Project, the company that rose from the ashes of the discontinuation of Polaroid instant film, is now Polaroid Originals. The film and cameras that Impossible Project made independently of Polaroid is now… well, Polaroid. Sort of. Sound confusing? If you’ve been with us […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, Instant film, Polaroid

Mailbag December 2016

November 29, 2016 By Dan Finnen

It’s time for another roundup of emails and tweets! Below are some highlights from the past few months, and answers to questions that might help you out in your adventures in instant film photography. Darkslide Sticking “I have a Polaroid Impulse with a new pack of film, but when I inserted it, it spit out […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: batteries, darkslide, film photography, flash, Instant film, Polaroid

New Article Alert: Fuji Instax Camera Guide

September 7, 2016 By Dan Finnen

Site News: I’m currently working on moving this site over to HTTPS. The good news is that my site is now even more secure and safe to use! The bad news is that a bunch of my affiliate links have broken, so it will take me some time to get all those back in order. […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, fuji, Instant film, Instax, site news

Impossible Project I-1 Camera Image Quality Comparison

May 27, 2016 By Dan Finnen

Update June 9 – Added additional comparison shots, turns out the new gen Impossible film is quite different from earlier generations, skewing my initial results. The article has been rewritten. It’s a shootout between the Impossible Project I-1 camera, the Fuji Instax Wide 300, Lomo Instant Wide, and classic Polaroid Impulse AF! Since the I-1 […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, I1, Impossible Project, Instant film, instant film comparison, instant film shootout

I’m on Instagram!

April 21, 2016 By Dan Finnen

After toiling away in the wilds of Tumblr and Flickr (what’s with me and thankless Yahoo properties?) for the past few years, I’ve finally gotten with the program and joined Instagram! I’ll be posting pictures every day and it’s going to be all film, all the time. I’m actually having quite a bit of fun […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: film photography, Impossible Project, instagram, site news, twitter

Fuji Instax vs Impossible Project vs Polaroid Instant Film

August 25, 2015 By Dan Finnen

Update November 2017: The Impossible Project has renamed itself ‘Polaroid Originals’ as part of a major rebranding effort. The film itself is very similar, so for our purposes in this article the Impossible Project and Polaroid Originals are nearly the same. To clarify, ‘Polaroid Originals’ are the films and cameras developed by the Impossible Project, […]

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Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: cameras, film photography, Fujifilm, Instant film, Instax, Polaroid, the impossible project, tools

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I’m a writer, photographer, co-owner of Polymyth, and Skyline Chili enthusiast. You can reach me at hello (at) danfinnen.com or on Twitter @danfinnen.

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