Large Format: Tenement Stairwells — by Bruce Robbins on August 20, 2014

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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 August 13, 2014

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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 June 23, 2014

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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 June 15, 2014

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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 January 30, 2014

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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 January 15, 2014

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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...