The Frugal Photographer Catalog

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126 Instamatic film

For use in any "Instamatic" format camera (but not the 110 Pocket Instamatic) — and a wonderful way to make a 24-exposure pinhole camera.

Processing is available for this film. Click here.

Your 126 Instamatic camera does not have to end its days in disgrace, covered in dust on a shelf. Put it back to work with fresh Solaris FG200-24 126 film from Ferrania. It's a much better film than the Kodacolor X your grandma used in 1965.

127 roll film

The size 127 film was introduced in 1912, and it's still available from Frugal Photographer.

Note: you can process 127 film at home, including color film, with our compact developing tank, which has a setting for 127 film. Click here.

Bluefire Murano 160
an excellent ISO 160 color print film in 127 size, currently manufactured in Canada.

Processing is available for this film. Click here.

Although Kodak stopped making 127 in 1995, with most of the rest of the industry following suit almost immediately, 127 is once again being made, in Canada, for shipment worldwide.

110 Pocket Instamatic film

For use in any "Pocket Instamatic" camera.

Processing is available for this film. Click here.

By all measures, 110 has been a hugely successful film format, but after more than a third of a century, it's nearing the end of its life, and you may not be able to find it locally any more. Have no fear. We are now stocking excellent quality ISO 200 110 films by Fuji and Ferrania.

120 roll film

Processing is available for this film. Click here.

Very good black and white roll film in 120 size, specially purchased in factory lot quantities.

Priced for students (and for all photographers who are just plain frugal).

Minox film and supplies

The amazing Minox B

We are proud to be an authorized Minox distributor.

We recommend Blue Moon in Portland, Oregon, as an excellent processor of Minox film

If you own a Minox 8x11 "spy" camera (or a Yashica Atoron), you should be using it.

These are amazing machines that can produce photographs of extraordinary quality, despite being small enough to hide in a candy bar wrapper. We're proud to be authorized Minox dealers and offer these hard-to-find factory films and supplies to Minographers worldwide.

Bluefire products

Film that can be enlarged beyond the resolution limits of your lens without losing detail to grain. Plus developers that are optimized for this extraordinary film.

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Bluefire™ Police is a virtually grainless medium-speed black and white film, that can be enlarged to extremes without losing image detail to grain.

It creates images of biting clarity™, quite unlike what you get from any other black and white film. Why not check it out?

Film processing services

Photo Lab Services

Bluefire Laboratories provides expert image recovery services, specializing in developing and printing outdated, damaged, and non-standard films, including those requiring obsolete chemistries.

Darkroom equipment and chemistry

Darkroom

As traditional camera stores move inexorably to digital, fewer and fewer are able to stock equipment and supplies for processing film in home darkrooms. That's why we're here — to supply you with hard-to-find photo goods.

With this tank, you can process roll film at home, color or black and white, including 35mm, 126, 120, 620, and 127. Safe for use with all films, including infrared.

Featuring Bluefire™ developers:

Bluefire HR for pictorial images with high-contrast films;

Bluefire Micro for high-contrast images with most films.

Photo-related books

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In conjunction with Amazon.com, we're proud to present a selection of books that will be of interest to many photographers. Whether you're switching to digital, sticking with film, or taking the best from both, there's a book here that will help make you a better, more effective photographer.

Free information downloads

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Our collection of instruction sheets is slowly growing. Check back every month or so.

Slide mounts for unusual film sizes

Slide mounts for protecting (or projecting) your best Minox and 16mm submini images, and for mounting 127 "Superslides."