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26 October, 2020

Making, Measuring and Testing the “Optimal” Pinhole: Pinhole Adventures Part 3 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

There’s a scene in Jurassic Park where Dr. Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) gives the park’s creators a lecture on ethics. He ends with the famous line, “Your scientist...

5 October, 2020

Making and Using a Cardboard Camera: Pinhole Adventures Part 2 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

When you get right down to it, there are only three things a camera needs to do: form an image, record that image, and be otherwise light-tight. All the rest – focusing aids, li...

7 September, 2020

How to Get Started Developing Black & White Film for £25 (or Less) – by Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

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 for you. If you're ...

3 September, 2020

How I Successfully Developed 60+ Year Old C22 and B&W Film – by Sina Farhat

By belola_goth

I 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 I wanted to help him develop some old exposed rol...

24 August, 2020

Monkeying Around with Focal Length and Perspective – by Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

When 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 equal. We can, for instance, zoom in ...

18 August, 2020

Polyphenol Developer Alternatives – A World full of Options – By Daniel Keating

By Daniel Keating

Caffinol...? 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 f...

9 July, 2020

Digitising Negatives and Slides – A Primer – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

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 hardware and ...

2 July, 2020

The Impact of Air Bubbles in the Optics of Old Lenses – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

Tell 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 poor specimens have seen better ...

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