House of Ilford — by Bruce Robbins on

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Boy at Train Window. Copyright Andrew Sanderson I promised my friend, Andrew Sanderson , that I'd write something about the House of Ilf...

UK Film Symposium — by Bruce Robbins on

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Another sign that analogue photography isn't going anywhere soon is a one-day film symposium at the Photographic History Research Centre...

Analogue Archives: Kevin MacDonnell — by Bruce Robbins on

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Keeping it simple: Nikon F and 35mm lens from the '60s, HP5+ and Spur HRX developer. There's a tendency amongst photographers who we...

Kodak Technical Pan at $20 a 20-exposure roll? — by Bruce Robbins on

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Technical Pan was an amazing film, capable of the sharpest and finest grained results, but it went the way of some other emulsions and disap...

Abandoned Places: Stanley Mills - Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on

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The Phantom Sun - I added it in the darkroom. See the original scan of this neg below. After publishing Part One on Monday, I had an email ...

Preserving those family memories — by Bruce Robbins on

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"What you have to remember is that digital technology is not developed so much to preserve as it is to give people immediate gratificat...

Abandoned Places: Stanley Mills - Part One — by Bruce Robbins on

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I'm one of those photographers for whom old, derelict places have an irresistible attraction. And it pains me to know that these special...

Matt Pringle medium format video — by Bruce Robbins on

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Here's a guy who I can really identify with. He's an ex-Newcastle photographer who now lives in Stirling just a 90-minute drive from...

T.O.D. Closing for Maintenance — by Bruce Robbins on

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Just a quick post to say that I have to close this website to readers for a couple of hours tonight so I can do a little development work. I...

The £12 Large Format lens arrives — by Bruce Robbins on

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My "new" lens for the half plate Kodak Specialist 2 camera eventually arrived and it looks well capable of producing the goods. I ...

Analogue Archives: Finding a Frame of Reference for the Film Age — by Bruce Robbins on

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Those of us who have been around for a while grew up with film photography as a way of life. We know most of the great camera names from the...

Kodak Instamatic Makes a Comeback — by Bruce Robbins on

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It was apparently one of Kodak's biggest successes and now a Colorado brewery has decided to recognise the important role that the forme...

Why I Resent Digital Imaging — by Bruce Robbins on

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A nice antidote to digital. A not-so-subtle shift has taken place in my view of digital photography: I'm beginning to actively dislike t...