15 October, 2025
Adox HR-50 and PanF in PMK Pyro
The launch of Leica Monopan 50 prompted me to buy the Adox HR-50 (the same film) and give it a try. Recommended ASA and developing time in PMK is not given so I decided to expos...
Geoff Chaplin's Posts
20 September, 2025
Underground 3: retakes on HP5+
The aim was noble I think. To retake underground 1 and 2 shots on film. I would necessarily need to expose either slow film using a tripod (anathema to me, and permission would ...
20 August, 2025
Earth, Air, Fire and Water – in Sapporo
A two-day relaxing trip to Sapporo, Japan – at least as relaxing as 70,000 steps of photo-walks can be in 31°C. The title emerged from the images I happened to take rather than ...
12 August, 2025
BW x CT x (0,1,2,3)
Film photographers are smart and thoughtful so you have probably already worked out what the title means, but for those who’ve just joined from planet digital this is a test of ...
9 August, 2025
TLR Challenge: My Conclusions
It’s about a year since I set myself a challenge to use a TLR regularly over the year and shoot at least 50 rolls of film. So, while it’s time to reach some conclusions, I must ...
3 August, 2025
Dreaming of the pool (One for Dave Powell)
Reader discretion advised: references to extreme violence and an image of blood and gore – The featured image and the one below taken by my daughter on a smartphone. It wa...
31 July, 2025
Toileum filter set
Toileum – not a name I had come across before. I was looking on Amazon for a yellow filter, having left mine behind in Europe thinking I had a spare set back in Japan but I was ...
The Palace of Coudenberg (central Brussels), supposedly one of the finest in Europe, was destroyed by fire in 1731 (CE) and the ruins demolished in the late 18th century to make...