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...

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 ...

Kodak Specialist 2 update and instructions — by Bruce Robbins on

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Good news on the Kodak Specialist 2 front. The bellows seem to be just fine and my old Slik tripod is man enough for the job of supporting ...

Kodak Specialist 2 "unboxing" — by Bruce Robbins on

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As I picked it up from the auction house. The idea that other people might get some sort of vicarious thrill by looking at pictures of a cam...