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3 August, 2022

5 Largely Unknown Digital-Infrared Gems – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

For nearly a quarter century, I've tested every digital camera that crossed my path to see how well it handled infrared photography. Some didn't pass muster, like my beloved Min...

27 July, 2022

A Brief Introduction to Digital Infrared Photography – By Matthew Patey

By Matthew Patey

Human vision is sensitive only to a small part of the entire colour spectrum. Infrared photography allows us to visualise reflected light that is otherwise invisible to us and o...

2 July, 2022

Making 4×5 Slides using a Sepia Toner Kit – By Andrew Smale

By Andrew Smale

Recently, I was lucky enough to be invited to contribute to a project that was started by Dave Whenham (@elland_in) and John Martin (@TEMLIGHTIMAGES). The project is passing a ...

13 June, 2022

Digital Negatives – The Power of CHDK on Canon Powershots – By Sean Benham

By Sean Benham

Film has always been the standard I measure against on the quality and color of digital imagery. The texture of grain with higher ISO, the colors rendered from the film -- these...

10 June, 2022

Grocery Store Development – Part 3: Fixing Film with Pool Chemicals and Fertilizer – By Josh Vickers

By Josh Vickers

Fixer is both cheap and abundant, which is great for those of us that enjoy developing our own negatives. However, in the search for local alternatives for film development, it ...

3 June, 2022

Grocery Store Development – Part 2: Developing with Caffenol (and Salt) – By Josh Vickers

By Josh Vickers

After my success with reversal processing, I wanted to try my hand at making a homemade developer. Caffenol was the obvious next step, and I, being a temperamental machine fuele...

27 May, 2022

Grocery Store Development – Part 1: Reversal Processing with Peroxide & Vinegar – By Josh Vickers

By Josh Vickers

What if you could develop and fix film using only products from the grocery store? What if some supernatural event caused every brick-and-mortar photography store to disappear ...

3 March, 2022

My First Forays in Stereoscopic (3D) Photography – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Rebecca wrote a great introduction to stereoscopic (3D) photography which was published on 35mmc yesterday, and which some of you have probably read already. I only got into ste...

Stephen E Fretz on Nikkor D 40mm f4 and Bronica S2 – aka the Bronica SWFF (Super Wide & F-ing Fat)
Love your photos, the night ones especially; it's a COOL lens, and one I never knew existed. You also write…
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Thomas Wolstenholme on Nikkor D 40mm f4 and Bronica S2 – aka the Bronica SWFF (Super Wide & F-ing Fat)
I admire almost all of your photographs. For whatever reason I was unaware of this lens, but since reading your…

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