Grant Haist claimed some time ago that you could develop film in almost anything, including pee. His words echoed across the internet and IRL when I shared the project details t...
24 March, 2024
How (not) to Reticulate
I was developing film away from my darkroom. I had assembled the essential equipment and, because I knew that untreated tap water in Brussels used to be very hard, I had made up...
20 March, 2024
Portable Light Box For Free – A Quick Tip
If I’m away for more than two weeks I generally take or have available equipment to develop B&W film – a tank, reels, Rodinal and fixer. Other equipment can be...
13 March, 2024
A Note on the Concept of “Correct” Exposure
“My camera just nails the exposure”. How often have you heard that or a similar comment from someone praising the technical abilities of their new digital camera? Bu...
8 March, 2024
An eBay Bargain and Impulse Bought Tale of Woe
First of all, while I shot film exclusively from 1970 through 1975 and did my own developing and printing that was a long time ago. These days I mostly shoot digital. I’m...
I spend far too much time watching photography YouTube videos and reading photography websites and fora. Hours and hours. Right, with that confession out of the way let me tell ...
29 February, 2024
That Time I Built an X-Pro1/Monitor-Six-20 “FrankenFuji”
In my days before 35mmc, Jim Gray published this article on his great “Down the Road” site. It described how and why I adapted a 1940’s Kodak Monitor Six-20 le...
23 February, 2024
Modifying an Olympus Trip 35 for Shooting ISO 3200 Film
The venerable Olympus Trip 35 film camera – a fantastic little happy snapper with auto-exposure that doesn’t need a battery to operate. Plenty of other people have a...
