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14 December, 2023
Developing film at home for the first time
Growing up as a Millenial my first experience with photography was of the digital kind. Buying a Nikon D50 with kit lens from the local photography store, I took pictures of my ...
14 December, 2023
Agfa Copex Rapid developed in H&W Control
The tantalising mysteries of microfilms (AKA ‘copy’ or ‘document’ films) grabbed my attention almost as soon as I re-entered the world of film a few short years ago, precipitate...
13 December, 2023
5 Frames With an XA2 – A Brace of Olympi, Pt. 1
Love them or hate them, and personally I love them, charity shops (read thrift stores or op shops if you will) have become a ubiquitous feature of most high streets. At their pr...
12 December, 2023
116 Cameras – Shooting Wide Aspect Ratio on a Shoestring
The standard aspect ratio of 35mm film is 1.5:1 (36mm x 24mm). In contrast, wide aspect negatives range up to the ultra wide, and pricey, Hasselblad XPan, with an aspect ratio o...
11 December, 2023
The Short Telephoto – My Preferred Carry-Everywhere Lens
It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...
10 December, 2023
NEWS: Bi-weekly News Round-Up – December 10, 2023
This post and video bring together all of the latest news stories we have shared from the last few weeks. If you want to read the individual articles in full detail, then head t...
10 December, 2023
AI, TV, VHS, IC, CD, DVD, EV, ICV and all the rest.
Currently isolated with my first bout of covid, to pass the time I have been reading various articles relating to developments in photographic technology (and playing with Affin...
9 December, 2023
Where is the Heidelberg? – with Canonet GIII QL17 and Fomapan 400
I did not know where the city of Heidelberg was until I reached there. I knew it was somewhere. As I was growing up, I read a poem by Allama Iqbal that he had written on the ban...
