Darkroom a casualty of New York camera club move — by Bruce Robbins on July 30, 2014

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The club's premises at 336 West 37th Street. The Camera Club of New York has finally succumbed to financial pressure and decided to do a...

Night Photography — by Bruce Robbins on July 28, 2014

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A row of bins waiting to be emptied the following morning. One of the reasons I bought a full frame DSLR (Nikon D700) about four years ago w...

Analogue Archives: Larry Bartlett Feature — by Bruce Robbins on July 24, 2014

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Behind every great photographer there's usually a fantastic printer. Thus begins this 1983 article about Larry Bartlett, a printer who a...

Fifty Sheds of Grey — by Bruce Robbins on July 22, 2014

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OK, I pinched the title from a book I saw in Dobbies garden centre the other day (I was dragged in by Cath to look at plants). The book was ...

Photographic history? £1200 to you, Squire. — by Bruce Robbins on July 20, 2014

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MW's celebrity offering - taken from their website . No sure how long the link will be productive - depends on how quickly the cameras s...

Singular Image: Austin A10 — by Bruce Robbins on July 18, 2014

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Austin A10, Mamiya Press, 90mm Sekor, Ilford HP5 Around twenty years ago, it wasn't completely uncommon to find old cars like this from ...

New Impossible film — by Bruce Robbins on July 16, 2014

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Apart from a spell when I was about fifteen and used a Polaroid camera to photograph my golf swing so I could figure out what was going wron...

DIY: Localised test strip maker — by Bruce Robbins on July 14, 2014

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As most of you know, a test strip (below) is the normal way of working out a print exposure in the darkroom. A piece of paper is given an in...

The Lincoln Memorial: Abe sparks some more debate — by Bruce Robbins on July 11, 2014

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There's an interesting topic being discussed on The Online Photographer website at the moment concerning one of Mike Johnston's pri...

Yet more digital artifice — by Bruce Robbins on July 11, 2014

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Image © by Maaz Khan I hardly ever look at digital photography websites these days. I'm not interested in pixel-related equipment and I ...

Steeped in History: Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on July 09, 2014

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Here we are back at the 17th century stable I wrote about almost a month ago here . These are some photographs from the second roll of Silve...

More thoughts on the Gibson method — by Bruce Robbins on July 07, 2014

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Above and below - a few pics from my files that I've Gibsonised for a little decoration.   One thing that struck me as curious regarding...

Talking Gear: Is the Nikon F90X the analogue DSLR? — by Bruce Robbins on July 05, 2014

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F90X, 35mm f2 AF-D, Rollei Retro 100 developed in Rodinal. A couple of things prompted me to write this post about Nikon's much under-ra...

Clean bill of health for the Vitessa — by Bruce Robbins on July 02, 2014

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You might remember a post back in March when I wrote about a Voigtlander Vitessa I'd picked up in a charity shop for a fiver? It was so...