But I've no darkroom! — by Bruce Robbins on

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David M.'s week of darkroom related posts must have whetted some printing appetites but I'm sure there will be plenty of people who ...

A Week With David M. - Part Five — by Bruce Robbins on

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Reader, What Next? by David M. My 5x4 De Vere took pride of place but, yet again, I had two enlargers. In those days, I went to quite a few ...

A Week With David M. - Part Four — by Bruce Robbins on

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Really Real Photography by David M. The f64 group began to interest me; I’d assembled all the 35mm lenses that I needed. I could make 20x16”...

A Week With David M. - Part Three — by Bruce Robbins on

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Technology by David M. Today, it’s hard to imagine the exotic lure of colour, when every print is coloured and monochrome is confined to ded...

A Week With David M. - Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on

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The Monster by David M. We moved to a bigger house with a spare bedroom and at last I could have a stand-up darkroom, next door to the bathr...

A Week with David M. — by Bruce Robbins on

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David's a popular writer on The Online Darkroom with his contributions on the essentials of photography and large format amongst the mo...

Olympus OM1 v Pentax MX — by Bruce Robbins on

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It's been claimed that Steve McQueen once said he wished he'd been as cool as the MX*. Reader Michael Stevens asked in a comment to ...

Google Fun — by Bruce Robbins on

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Stoer Lighthouse - a black and white conversion in Lightroom. Sometimes, when I can't get inspired by my local surroundings, I look furt...

Ilford products under new ownership — by Bruce Robbins on

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Harman Technology, manufacturers of the Ilford range of black and white photographic products, has been sold to English-based Pemberstone Ve...

Which enlargers to keep? — by Bruce Robbins on

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The 1C. I should have crouched down a little so the light behind was like a halo... With our house now on the market, we'll be faced at ...

Going over old ground — by Bruce Robbins on

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Hand-held at 1/15th with the Rollei - not difficult with a TLR. The campus of Dundee University has been a useful hunting ground for me and ...

Off Topic: Poor old chap — by Bruce Robbins on

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Do you see a face in this pic of the bag? The upright flap is like a gelled-up quiff, the buckles are the eyes and the leather reinforcement...

Some Leica Greatness — by Bruce Robbins on

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The tatty but characterful cover. It's amazing what's been turning up as I've sorted through the darkroom detritus. I vaguely re...