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Category Archives: Black and White film
Scan size and quality surprise (Epson V500)
I’VE ALWAYS ASSUMED that the quality you get from making a large scan and then downsizing it is going to be much the same as just making a small scan to start with. I now know that it isn’t. As … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Photographic techniques, Processing, Scanning
Tagged artifacting, Epson V500, grain, lpi, method, noise, quality, scanning, size, technique
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“f/8, and be there!”
This, supposedly, was the mantra of the Press photographer. f/8 would cover a multitude of sins and as long as you were there you probably got something that would be good enough for the paper. Those who remember the newspapers … Continue reading
Souq Waqif, Doha
It’s taken a long time but I guess this image says I’m finally getting up to speed with the large format camera. Souq Waqif in Qatar, shot on Feb 13, 2013. Graflex Crown Graphic 4×5 camera, Rodenstock APO-Symmar 150 lens … Continue reading
Primes, zooms, landscapes and panos
THE question cropped up in a forum discussion of whether primes are better than zooms. This is a fairly common question amd my response is that the best modern zooms are very nearly as good as any prime. My 70-200 … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White film, Canon 70-200 f2.8L, Colour film, Crete, Film, Greece, Islands, Leica R4s Mod P, Leitz Summicron 90, Lenses, Mamiya TLR, Sekor 180/4.5 super
Tagged equipment, landscape, landscape photography, lenses, panoramas, photography, primes, stitchec panoramas, stitching, zooms
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Unlucky ’13!
WHAT a start to the year! I decided to take a set of photos of my old cameras, all shot in black and white with medium format film. I thought they might have a chance of selling as wall art. … Continue reading
Posted in Developing film, film camera, Film cameras, Foma Developers, Ilford FP4, Lenses, Mamiya Sekor 105 TLR, Mamiya TLR, Photography, Problems, Scanning
Tagged 2013, black and white, developing, Epson V500, film, flash, flash synch, flash synchronisation, FP4, jamming, m-synch, Paterson reel, problems, sticking, technique, x-synch
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Developing TMax 100 in 1+3 Fomapan Excel
THE only film developers I have managed to get so far are Fomadon P and Fomadon Excel. These are both powders intended for use in a stock solution. However, I prefer to dilute stock down to get a solution I … Continue reading
Success at last!
This photo marks the first time that I have really got the hang of my large format kit – from loading the film holders, to setting the exposure to developing the film. It shows the tonality that I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White film, film camera, Film cameras, Graflex Crown Graphic, Large Format, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, black and white, dhow, Doha, film, large format, print, Qatar, skyline
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The Ensign Selfix 220
BRITAIN’s camera manufacturing industry has been all but dead for almost half a century, yet in its heyday it was inventive and often took a different path from its Continental rivals. The leading British brand in the mid-20th Century was … Continue reading
Posted in Ensign Selfix 220, film camera, Film cameras, Folding cameras, Fomapan 100
Tagged 120, British, camera, English, Ensign, Ensign Selfix 220, film, film camera, folding camera, made, manufactured, manufacturer, medium format, review, Selfix, Selfix 220
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Discovering caffenol
FOLLOW-UP: Since writing what follows, I have tested this recipe on four more films, none of which turned out as well as the first despite my efforts to replicate the conditions exactly. I’m forced to conclude that this method does … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White film, Caffenol, Film, Ilford Pan F Plus, Photography, Processing
Tagged baking soda, black and white, caffeinol, caffenol, chemistry, Citric Acid, close-up, film, method, Nescafe, Pan F, processing, quality, recipe, technique, washing soda
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Slow progress in large format
EVERY new batch of large format shots turns out a little better than the last. It’s not the shooting that is the difficult part – the rules for that are not different than for anything else – it’s the processing … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White film, Cameras, Equipment, Film, film camera, Film cameras, Fomapan 100, Graflex Crown Graphic, Large Format, Lenses, Photography, Schneider Xenar 135/4.7 (Tessar)
Tagged 4x5, black and white, Crown Graphic, Dafna, film, Graflex, large format, learning, photography, problems, Qatar, skyline
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