Dampness Continued... — by Bruce Robbins on

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These pics are from the F90x and Rollei Retro 100 but I've cropped them to my favourite square format. The 3:2 35mm format always seems ...

A Misty Christmas — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've been taking pictures for about 35 years and have hardly any with snow in them. That's partly to do with the fact that, generall...

All play and no work — by Bruce Robbins on

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It's now just over a year since I decided that 32 years was long enough to be a journalist. My job as a reporter on a couple of Scottish...

Black and White Film Round-up — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've added a list of currently available black and white films under the Articles section to the right. These are available in the UK an...

Ilford MGIV - FB Warmtone v RC Deluxe — by Bruce Robbins on

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Some photographers who have only ever used Ilford's "normal" resin-coated paper are often left wondering just how warm the sig...

Durst resurrection! — by Bruce Robbins on

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Talk about good fortune following bad. Cath's dad had a good look at the defective transformer/stabiliser that is supposed to power the ...

Seascapes — by Bruce Robbins on

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These are all SL66E shots on T-Max 100. I was going to call the pic above "Squall over the North Sea". The only problem is that wh...

Blog revamp — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've made a few changes to the way The Online Darkroom looks and thought I'd tell you why. The main reason is that I'd like to ...

Ditch digital - do it now! — by Bruce Robbins on

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This article was inspired by something I wrote in a comment to a post on the blog of my cyber pal, Gordon Lewis, also known as Shutterfinger...

Misty farmyard - looking back — by Bruce Robbins on

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For the benefit of JD, who I think was wondering where the track in the previous post featuring the misty farmyard went, here's a shot...

Major Rollei cock-up — by Bruce Robbins on

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I promised in the intro to this blog on the right that I'd share my failures with you as well as the successes. Well, here's a good ...

From mind's eye to blog post — by Bruce Robbins on

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 In an earlier post, Internal v External Visualisation , I wrote a little about a photograph I'd visualised whilst standing in a forest ...

Bummer! — by Bruce Robbins on

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If you've been reading this blog from the start, you'll know that my Durst L1200 5x4 enlarger died just before I could actually make...

How would you print this? — by Bruce Robbins on

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  Yes, this is going to be a challenge to say the least! Above are the before and after shots of this 6x9 cm HP5+ neg. The bottom shot is th...

A grey day — by Bruce Robbins on

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These days, I can't find the motivation to take my camera out when the sun's shining. It's a bit perverse, I know, but sunny lan...

Same field - different treatment — by Bruce Robbins on

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      My Rolleiflex SL66E was a 50th birthday present to myself back in March but it's only now that it's getting some regular use. ...

Internal v. external visualisation — by Bruce Robbins on

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We've all read plenty about the pros and cons of digital and film photography. The discussions usually revolve around sharpness, grain v...

Two-bath compensation — by Bruce Robbins on

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Here's a good example of the two-bath's* ability to hold detail in the highlights. Shooting straight into the sun can be a tricky pr...

The chair in my hall — by Bruce Robbins on

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  This is a Rollei SL66E shot and I'm disappointed to say it's a scan of the Adox 50 CHS Art negative and not, as I'd hoped, of ...

New content added — by Bruce Robbins on

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Reader, Gregory, in a comment to my earlier post, First Prints , said he is looking forward to more print scans appearing as he takes some e...

Adox CMS 20 — by Bruce Robbins on

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 The "world's sharpest film" still captures plenty of tones  Adox makes some high and mighty claims for this ultra sharp, ultr...

Just buy a film camera! — by Bruce Robbins on

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Mike Johnston's The Online Photographer blog is probably the best read, photographically speaking, on the internet. It's always clev...

Digital free - it's getting easier... — by Bruce Robbins on

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Well, that's the October school holidays at a close and maybe now I'll get the chance to go back into the darkroom after a fortnight...

Scary, really scary... — by Bruce Robbins on

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 Hexar AF bokeh at f 2.8 OK, it's not Jack the Ripper scary but the thought of going away for a few days and leaving my DSLR at home, ta...

First prints — by Bruce Robbins on

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It's taken a while - far too long really - for me to get my darkroom up and running but I'm finally there. As usual, though, it wasn...

RH Designs Analyser Pro — by Bruce Robbins on

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I'm looking forward to using this bit of kit although the learning curve looks quite steep. I've been reading the instructions and ...