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This Month's Feature

Kodak Portra 400

135 · 36exp · ISO 400

Feb 2026 Box

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What's Inside

Peel back the tissue.

Close-up of Kodak Portra 400 film canister with characteristic yellow label on darkroom surface
01 — Film Stock

Kodak Portra 400

ISO 400 · 35mm · 36exp

Famously fine grain and exceptional latitude. Skin tones that breathe. Shadows that hold detail long after you thought they'd break.

Open photography zine with handwritten shooting notes, exposure tables, and black and white sample photographs
02 — Shooting Notes

The Zine

24 pages · saddle-stitched

Metered exposure charts, push/pull tables, three frames from photographers who've lived with this stock for a decade.

Darkroom developer bottle, measuring cylinder, and film development tank on a wet sink counter
03 — Darkroom Extra

Ilford Ilfosol 3

Film developer · 35ml

A one-shot developer concentrate. Enough for two rolls. Mix it at home, smell what chemistry smells like.

Multiple film canisters of different brands arranged on white surface with film negatives spread around them
04 — Bonus Stock

Surprise Roll

Curated to your profile

A second roll selected from your quiz answers — could be Cinestill 800T, Lomo 100, or something you've never loaded.

"The zine alone is worth the subscription. I've learned more from two pages of Portra notes than six months of forum threads."

Portrait of Maya R., a film photographer smiling in natural light

Maya R.

Shoots Contax T2

Street scene shot on Kodak Portra 400, warm tones, shallow depth of field, pedestrians blurred in motion

Kodak Portra 400 · ISO 400 · Shot at box speed

Landscape photograph on Ilford HP5 Plus black and white film, dramatic sky and silhouetted trees

Ilford HP5 Plus · ISO 400 · Pushed to 1600

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From the Community

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I've been shooting film for twelve years. Roll finds stocks I've never heard of. Last month's Rollei Infrared 400 broke my brain in the best way.

Portrait of Daniel Osei, a documentary photographer with warm natural lighting

Daniel Osei

Documentary Photographer · Shoots Mamiya RB67

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The zine is genuinely good. Not a pamphlet — a real artifact. I keep them all in a shoebox next to my negatives.

Portrait of Sofia Reyes, a photography student in a studio setting

Sofia Reyes

MFA Photography, RISD · Shoots Pentax 67

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My grandfather's FM2 has been sitting in a drawer for twenty years. The quiz matched me with HP5, and now it's been through four rolls in three weeks.

Portrait of Lena Hartmann, a hobbyist photographer smiling outdoors

Lena Hartmann

Hobbyist Shooter · Shoots Nikon FM2

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Renewal Rate

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One curated roll, one zine, one darkroom sample. The quietest way to begin.

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Four rolls, a full chemistry kit, and early access to limited-run stocks.

  • 4 hand-picked film stocks
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