All play and no work — by Bruce Robbins on

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It's now just over a year since I decided that 32 years was long enough to be a journalist. My job as a reporter on a couple of Scottish...

Black and White Film Round-up — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've added a list of currently available black and white films under the Articles section to the right. These are available in the UK an...

Ilford MGIV - FB Warmtone v RC Deluxe — by Bruce Robbins on

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Some photographers who have only ever used Ilford's "normal" resin-coated paper are often left wondering just how warm the sig...

Durst resurrection! — by Bruce Robbins on

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Talk about good fortune following bad. Cath's dad had a good look at the defective transformer/stabiliser that is supposed to power the ...

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...

Blog revamp — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've made a few changes to the way The Online Darkroom looks and thought I'd tell you why. The main reason is that I'd like to ...

Ditch digital - do it now! — by Bruce Robbins on

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This article was inspired by something I wrote in a comment to a post on the blog of my cyber pal, Gordon Lewis, also known as Shutterfinger...

Misty farmyard - looking back — by Bruce Robbins on

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For the benefit of JD, who I think was wondering where the track in the previous post featuring the misty farmyard went, here's a shot...

Major Rollei cock-up — by Bruce Robbins on

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I promised in the intro to this blog on the right that I'd share my failures with you as well as the successes. Well, here's a good ...