Auchmithie — by Bruce Robbins on

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Once a thriving wee fishing village, Auchmithie is now a quiet residential settlement whose harbour is slowly decaying and crumbling into th...

Why do we talk such rubbish about lenses? Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've had my Zeiss lenses for the Contax system for about eight years and have come to love their look. The negatives from the 50mm f1.4 ...

Staithes — by Bruce Robbins on

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This is an old holiday snap of the picturesque North Yorkshire town I took on the Rolleiflex 2.8F about 15 years ago which I've never pr...

Back at the allotment — by Bruce Robbins on

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There are a few things in life I really can't stand such as progressive socialism, taxation and dumbed down TV (did you notice at the Ol...

There's something about Zeiss — by Bruce Robbins on

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It's hardly a revelation to say that Zeiss lenses can sometimes be a bit special but it's something I hadn't noticed before desp...

Seascapes — by Bruce Robbins on

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These are all SL66E shots on T-Max 100. I was going to call the pic above "Squall over the North Sea". The only problem is that wh...

Same field - different treatment — by Bruce Robbins on

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      My Rolleiflex SL66E was a 50th birthday present to myself back in March but it's only now that it's getting some regular use. ...

Internal v. external visualisation — by Bruce Robbins on

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We've all read plenty about the pros and cons of digital and film photography. The discussions usually revolve around sharpness, grain v...

Digital free - it's getting easier... — by Bruce Robbins on

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Well, that's the October school holidays at a close and maybe now I'll get the chance to go back into the darkroom after a fortnight...

Working the wheat field — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've included another couple of examples here from the same wheat field I shot the pic that was shown in my previous post. It's just...

Recommissioned Rolleiflex — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've had my 1963 Rollei 2.8F for about 28 years having swapped a Nikon MD2/MB1 motor drive for it when I was in my early twenties. I...