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25 November, 2023

Development Tests: Rodinal 200:1 and re-used 400:1

By Geoff Chaplin

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...

2 November, 2023

Hotel Darkroom: Developing Film on the Road

By Azriel Knight

In 2019, I went on a short stint to Edmonton to take some photos of my old stomping grounds: Whyte Avenue. As a teenager in the 1990s, this was where you’d find me. Sippi...

20 October, 2023

How to Make a Digital Contact Sheet

By Marco Manuzzi

The scanning method described here is based only on my best personal result, I’m sure other more easy methods could give similar or even better results than mine ones. Why...

23 September, 2023

Photo-Flo: The ONLY Real Way To Use It

By Azriel Knight

A little background first. A few years ago I was having some serious issues with my negatives in the darkroom, and at some point I thought I had it narrowed down to a misuse of ...

6 September, 2023

Investigating a 110 cartridge and film for possible re-use.

By Tony Warren

The 110 format has really grabbed my interest despite an initial cool reaction. I now find myself with two more of these cameras thanks to an auction job lot, only one in full w...

29 August, 2023

Creating Abstract Landscapes with a Kaleidoscope Filter

By lance mcfee

This article includes tips and example images for creating abstract landscapes with a kaleidoscope filter. The prism I used for this is from PrismlensFX. It is called the Subtle...

6 August, 2023

Never Say Never – My Approach to Spiral Modification for 110 Film

By Tony Warren

After my first, recent experience of the 110 format I concluded that I wasn’t won over to the it despite the camera being so good to use. In fact, it made me more interes...

26 June, 2023

Cyclopin: My Stereoscopic Pinhole Camera Made from a Cardboard Box

By Sroyon

If X is good and Y is good, then X and Y combined must be even better. Out of this misguided reasoning have emerged such unholy inventions as the beer-tap hat and ice-cream frie...

David Smith on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
Cheers, Michael. It's now April and we had a minor snowstorm two days ago, so don't be too envious...
David Smith on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
Thanks, Daniel. That's a cool anecdote about David Douglas Duncan (pun intended).
David Smith on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Russ. Winters in Southwestern Ontario are very similar to those in Rochester, so…

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