I’ve been disappearing down a 16mm wide rabbit hole recently. It all began with buying a Minolta 16 II on a whim (it was shiny …) from Soper Photographic, Plymouth, UK in Plymou...
Having recently completed a review of the LOMO daylight developing tank, I was drawn to think more about what for me has simply become part of the furniture for my processing re...
Lomo have released a new daylight tank that avoids the need for a changing bag. They were kind enough to lend me a copy for this review. Because the tank relies on having the fi...
Pyrogallol (pyro): white crystals which oxidise quickly turning brown. Cautions for using the raw powder are extensive – I used to handle raw chemicals but now, for some reason,...
This is a review of the BlackBox Holo MF and 135 film digitiser. If this looks familiar its because I wrote a review of their 35mm film scanner on 23rd May 2024. I found that sc...
Like many of my generation (boomers) I got my start in photography in High School shooting for the yearbook, though my interest in photography started much earlier. My first tim...
First, let me introduce myself; I am a mechanical design engineer and amateur photographer living in Potsdam, Germany. I’m 32 years old and have grown up around cameras, as both...
For most film photographers, processing your own film can be intimidating. That’s why I was excited to try the AGO Film Processor. Here’s what I found in a nutshell:...
