Large Format: Tenement Stairwells — by Bruce Robbins on

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Here's an embarrassing confession to kick this post off: I exposed these sheets of 5x4 on January 2 and just developed them on Monday. I...

Large Format: Enlarging v Contact Printing — by Bruce Robbins on

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Is a contact print from a 10x8 large format neg better than a 10x8 enlargement from a sheet of 5x4 film? Well, it seems that the answer depe...

Adox CHS: The love affair continues — by Bruce Robbins on

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I wrote last week that I'd emailed Mirko Boeddecker of Adox to see if there were 120 supplies of CHS 100 II to be had anywhere. I remem...

How to Develop Large Format Negs — by Bruce Robbins on

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You can't beat a big negative. There are as many ways to develop large format negatives as there are cameras to take them (well, not qui...

Ilford's 5x4 Obscura now a £55 stand-alone — by Bruce Robbins on

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Ilford's 5x4 Obscura will now be available as a camera-only deal. If simplicity is a sign of great design, the Ilford Obscura, released ...

Now That's Bokeh... — by Bruce Robbins on

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Not much room here for discussion of nisen, ring, swirly bokeh or other weird types - just a general blasting of the background from the 13...

There are Speed Graphics and SPEED Graphics! — by Bruce Robbins on

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A 5x4 press camera with an f0.95 lens? Wonder how Weegee would have managed with this beast? This unusual package is for sale on Ebay at th...

The 10x8 IKEA Camera — by Bruce Robbins on

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If you're an analogue photographer and you don't get a warm, fuzzy feeling from this story then you've got a printed circuit whe...

Shooting in the Dark — by Bruce Robbins on

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Well, that was an interesting experience! My first large format foray of the New Year and I haven't a clue what I've just returned w...

5x4? It's an addiction... — by Bruce Robbins on

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Multigrade IV RC developed in Spur's Straight Black paper developer. Warm tone courtesy of Lightroom. I'm having a ball with the Spe...

Cropping out the hard bits — by Bruce Robbins on

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This is a big scan and worth a click to see it full size. This is the photograph I mentioned in my earlier post about the derelict transport...

Derelict transport office — by Bruce Robbins on

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I think it was Michael Johnston who said something to the effect that the easier a camera is to use in the field, the harder it will be to p...

Brush Development — by Bruce Robbins on

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After developing 35mm and 120 film for years, 5x4 came as something of a shock to the system. It brings with it a unique set of problems for...