Clean bill of health for the Vitessa — by Bruce Robbins on

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You might remember a post back in March when I wrote about a Voigtlander Vitessa I'd picked up in a charity shop for a fiver? It was so...

Fine negs produce fine prints... — by Bruce Robbins on

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It was the late Barry Thornton who always used to bang on about the importance of getting a fine negative if you want to make a fine print. ...

Comedy of Errors — by Bruce Robbins on

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I had a major cock-up on the film development front on Monday but just managed to get away with it. I'd convinced myself that I had two ...

Sonnar or Tessar? — by Bruce Robbins on

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One of the great plus-points of the Rolleiflex SL66 and the later SL66E and SL66SE models are their adaptability. Along with the tilting len...

Back Again — by Bruce Robbins on

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 It's been a while since I last posted and, sad to say, the weather is just the same! I think we had a week of sunshine back in May and ...

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...