Tools for Seeing
Rare, well-preserved film stocks sourced from around the world, original rolls produced from sourced emulsions, and photographic goods hand-picked for analog shooters. Based in San Francisco, shipping across the United States.
Film Picks
Curated sets of rare 35mm film delivered monthly or quarterly. Each delivery includes two or three rolls from Film Fridge — highlighting some of the rarest and hardest-to-locate stock we carry, from Adox KB17 and Kodak Technical Pan to Kodak Vision 2 ECN-2 motion picture film.
Subscribe →Film Fridge
Cold-stored expired, rare, and motion picture stock — hand-picked and ready to shoot. Current inventory includes discontinued emulsions like Kodak Technical Pan and T400CN, vintage Agfa and Ilford stock, and specialty film like Eastman 2366 duplicating positive.
Browse film →Film Factory
Original rolls produced by The Optics Lab from sourced emulsions. Dnipro Pan is our ultra-fine-grained, slow-speed panchromatic B&W film, sourced from Kyiv, Ukraine.
Browse Film Factory →The Store
Photographic film, prints, and photobooks — hand-picked and tested. We ship within the United States. SF locals can pick up in the Inner Sunset.
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View All →Eastman 2366 Film Review: The Film That Sees Only Blue
Kodak's motion picture duplicating positive — still manufactured in Rochester, never designed for cameras — loaded into 135 cassettes and shot as an ultra-slow, ultra-fine-grained pictorial film. Notes on the bright yellow film strip, what blue-only sensitivity does to the world, and why a film built for Bell & Howell printers makes surprisingly compelling photographs.
Read Story →Kodak T400CN Film Review: The Chromogenic B&W That Prints Warm
Kodak's first chromogenic black-and-white film — silver-free, processed in C-41 color chemistry, and intentionally tuned to print warm. Notes on the T-Grain lineage that leads to Portra, the deliberate sepia cast that defines its character, and what to expect from a cold-stored roll today.
Read Story →Adox KB17 Film Review: The Rare German B&W Emulsion from Frankfurt
A rare, classical 35mm panchromatic B&W film from a small Frankfurt chemistry firm — discontinued for over fifty years, made on machines that no longer exist. Notes on the film, the Adox company that produced it, and what to expect from a roll today.
Read Story →The Garage Gallery
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