13 March, 2024
A Note on the Concept of “Correct” Exposure
“My camera just nails the exposure”. How often have you heard that or a similar comment from someone praising the technical abilities of their new digital camera? Bu...
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18 February, 2024
A Wet and Misty Thames Walk with a Leica iiig and 50mm Summar
A walk with a Leica iiig from the late 1960s (recently restored by PPP cameras) and Summar lens from the 1930s, at first finishing off a Silvermax roll then Fomapan 100 and RPX ...
6 February, 2024
Drinking Districts in Japan VII: Obihiro
We went to Obihiro primarily to eat – the food seems so much better than the area where we live – and also to see a friend; unexpectedly I came back with a large p...
Back in London after a long break and adventuring to the rear of the densely packed fridge revealed 9 rolls or ORWO NP15 (25asa) and one NP27 (400asa). I’ve no idea how o...
11 January, 2024
The End of the Line
Imagine a land where snow and ice cover the ground for five months of the year, where summers are short and cool, weather unpredictable, high winds and very heavy rain not infre...
16 December, 2023
5 Frames with Ilford Delta 100
I have adopted stand development in Rodinal 100:1 as my developer and process – easy, cheap, reliable, not fussy about temperature, and producing high acutance (strong ed...
2 December, 2023
Development Tests, Part 2: Adox Rodinal 400:1, Fomapan 100 Classic and TTArtisans 50mm f1.4
I rephotographed some earlier images in good sunlight (versus cloudy dull before). The same film stock was shot on a Leica MP with a TTArtisans 50mm f1.4 lens and film developed...
25 November, 2023
Development Tests: Rodinal 200:1 and re-used 400:1
How cheaply can you develop a film? Ten cents a roll? One cent??? I usually develop film in Adox Rodinal (now five years old) diluted 100:1 in water at 15-24 degrees and stand d...