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2 December, 2023

Development Tests, Part 2: Adox Rodinal 400:1, Fomapan 100 Classic and TTArtisans 50mm f1.4

By Geoff Chaplin

I rephotographed some earlier images in good sunlight (versus cloudy dull before). The same film stock was shot on a Leica MP with a TTArtisans 50mm f1.4 lens and film developed...

28 November, 2023

Making a No-Sew Belt Pouch from an Old Denim Jacket

By Dave Powell

I’ve always wanted a slim-profile belt pouch for carrying compact cameras. Most manufactured belt pouches have been too small or thickly padded for my cameras and taste. They cr...

25 November, 2023

Development Tests: Rodinal 200:1 and re-used 400:1

By Geoff Chaplin

How cheaply can you develop a film? Ten cents a roll? One cent??? I usually develop film in Adox Rodinal (now five years old) diluted 100:1 in water at 15-24 degrees and stand d...

2 November, 2023

Hotel Darkroom: Developing Film on the Road

By Azriel Knight

In 2019, I went on a short stint to Edmonton to take some photos of my old stomping grounds: Whyte Avenue. As a teenager in the 1990s, this was where you’d find me. Sipping a co...

20 October, 2023

How to Make a Digital Contact Sheet

By Marco Manuzzi

The scanning method described here is based only on my best personal result, I’m sure other more easy methods could give similar or even better results than mine ones. Why...

14 October, 2023

That Time I Hacked a Canon AF35ML to Make a Loupe

By Dave Powell

WARNING: The following would be sacrilege with a working Canon AF35ML point-and-shoot. But if you happen to stumble across a “trasher,” this is a great hack for turn...

13 October, 2023

A Win/Lose Tale of Making a 120 to 16mm film slitter.

By Tony Warren

This has turned out, somewhat abruptly, to be the final chapter in my investigation into 110 and reusing the cartridges. Unfortunately, it also led to the demise of my original ...

25 September, 2023

Developing and Shooting a 3D Printed Large Format Leaf Shutter

By Jan

I have been a reader of this blog for quite a few years. I must have stumbled upon it around the time I was getting into film photography and was working through decades of phot...

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