Tag: analogue
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Testing FP4 2: The Ilford Strikes Back
I finally had time to give the second half of the testing a go. For the first half click here. As a recap, I have already found that FP4 with D23R in my hands is around about ISO80. That’s great, set it for 80 on the camera, bung my shadows in Zone 3 and we…
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This is SPARTA!
I buy an EOS300 to replace the stolen EOS33. It’s not as good, but it does the job.
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New Film who dis?
I test out K200 in a boring and dry post about film testing and developing in D23r.
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Edgar? I ‘ardly know ‘er
Last week I shared an image that I shot with the new to me Zeiss Ikon Nettar of a waterfall at Edgar’s creek. Which is near to where I live. I had finally managed to sneak some time into the darkroom to actually print this up and I think it turned out ok. I’m an…
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Creeks a little, but gets the job done
I live in Melbourne, Australia. It is currently early september 2025 as I write this and we are just coming out of winter into false spring (Melbourne has about 11 seasons, so we are about to enter the bit where we all think “Hooray winter is over” before the temperature plunges and it rain again…
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London Calling
Ortho80 was fun when it came out, but with the way I used it, it was contrasty as hell.
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Less Man Ray more Ray Man
I try solarising prints and find I’m more rayman than Man Ray.
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Negative Lab Pro
I’m not much of a colour film shooter. Not becuase I don’t like colour photos, I really do, but because the film is generally more expensive and it’s more of a pain to develop. Well under my old development regime where I didn’t care about temp for BnW, colour was more a hassle. As I…
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Country Victoria
Every Easter I go camping with a large group of people. It used to be that we were in our 20s, we would drink all day and night then pass out and start it all again the next day. These days we all have kids ranging from 2 weeks old (my new little one) to…
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Split Grade Printing with Pepper the Dog
Split grade printing with Pepper the Dog.
Alexander Davenport 