If you're thinking of dipping your toe into black-and-white film development but feel put off because it seems too expensive or too complicated, this post is…
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Found Photos• Tutorials & Guides
How I Successfully Developed 60+ Year Old C22 and B&W Film – by Sina Farhat
September 3, 2020I am a member of an analog photography Facebook group and some time ago a person by the name of David contacted me and asked if…
Gear Theory• Tutorials & Guides
Monkeying Around with Focal Length and Perspective – by Sroyon Mukherjee
August 24, 2020When we zoom in or use a longer focal length, the subject looks bigger... other things being equal, of course. But other things need not be…
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Polyphenol Developer Alternatives – A World full of Options – By Daniel Keating
August 18, 2020Caffinol...? That's old school. Have you tried any of the Polyphenol developer alternatives? By now most everyone who follows analog/film photography has heard of or has seen…
This article seeks to inform about the digitising of analogue film, it discusses the issues involved, different approaches available to do it for yourself, and the…
Lens Adapting, Mods & DIY• Tutorials & Guides
The Impact of Air Bubbles in the Optics of Old Lenses – By Jordi Fradera
July 2, 2020Tell me something that is heavy, hard, old and almost unbreakable. Is it a stone? No, it's a prewar Contax. I say "almost unbreakable", as these…
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Dodge, Burn and Other Heresies – Darkroom Technique Part 5 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
May 4, 2020So far in this series I’ve only talked about ‘straight printing’, which is to say, no part of the image was locally manipulated. I tweaked exposure…
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Split Grade Printing – Darkroom Technique Part 4 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 27, 2020As I read and learnt more about printing, a mysterious phrase appeared on my radar – split grade (or split filtration) printing. Its advocates claim miraculous…
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Cat-and-Mouse with Exposure and Contrast – Darkroom Technique Part 3 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 20, 2020Part 3 is the most (only?) technical part of my ongoing series about darkroom technique. If you like technical, you’re in for some fun. If you…
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Knowing Little, Aiming High – Darkroom Technique Part 2 – By Sroyon Mukherjee
April 13, 2020In Part 1 of my ongoing series about darkroom technique, I talked about how to set up a fully-functional darkroom for black-and-white printing – for less…
