Q&A
Michael DellaCroce - Owner
Running the shop since July 2021
How’d you get into film?
My first film camera was an 8x10 Deardorf back in 1996. I knew long exposures before normal exposures.
Do you prefer color or black & white film?
Black and white
Favorite camera & film?
Compass Camera
Tri X 400
Fuji Real (discontinued)
Kodak Safety Film (discontinued)
Film Hot Take?
The secret to street photography is using a telephoto lens.
Juliana Delgado - Lab Manager
With the shop since December 2022
How’d you get into film?
My first film camera was back in college, a Pentax K1000 in 2019.
Do you prefer color or black & white film?
Black and whiteÂ
Favorite camera & film?
Pentax K1000 & Nikon F2
HP5
Phoenix 200Â
Ultramax
Film Hot Take?
You don’t know photography until you know film.
Mechy Lopes - Lab Specialist
With the shop since August 2025
How’d you get into film?
My first film camera was a Nikon N70 my dad gave me.
Do you prefer color or black & white film?
Black and whiteÂ
Favorite camera & film?
Any quirky point & shoot
Tri X 400
Cinestill XX
Yes Star 400
Film Hot Take?
It's not about the equipment, it's about perspective.