Paterson Development tank Archives

4 March, 2026

Lab-Box – A Developing Story in Which a Photographer Tries to Avoid Loading a Paterson Reel But Ends Up Doing it Anyway

By Richard Becker

It seems like I have always taken photos, starting with a 126 instamatic as soon as I could handle one. Then in the late 1970’s when I wanted to take some proper photographs (wi...

21 May, 2025

Paterson, old and new – A Tale of Two Tanks

By Bob Janes

Having recently completed a review of the LOMO daylight developing tank, I was drawn to think more about what for me has simply become part of the furniture for my processing re...

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