New Spur HRX Dev: Same Grain, More Speed — by Bruce Robbins on September 18, 2013

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Ilford HP5 Plus at 400 ISO in Spur's new HRX UPDATE: In response to a comment left below, Spur said the shelf life of the developer is e...

A couple of things I miss — by Bruce Robbins on August 30, 2013

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Ken and Major. Butch was probably off looking for rabbits. Raking through some papers in my old bedroom at my mother's house last week I...

Print Flattening follow up — by Bruce Robbins on August 21, 2013

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Omar's recent post , which contained details of his print drying method, attracted a bit of attention in the forums where I gave it some...

How The Online Darkroom is going — by Bruce Robbins on August 14, 2013

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Cheers!* I started this website about 23 months ago and thought now, just a couple of weeks before the second anniversary, might be a good t...

A Portrait from Havana — by Bruce Robbins on August 08, 2013

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By Omar Ozenir http://geldurkal.blogspot.co.uk/ Havana, Cuba, 2005 A small tip for those planning to visit Cuba: learn a bit of Spanish. Cub...

Paper developers: Spur Straight Black and Acurol-P — by Bruce Robbins on August 04, 2013

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If you're a regular reader, you'll have noticed that the name "Spur" has been appearing with some regularity on this websi...

Ilford Photo not affected by Swiss firm's demise — by Bruce Robbins on July 31, 2013

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PRESS STATEMENT HARMAN technology Limited and its portfolio of brands including the ILFORD PHOTO Range is not connected to ILFORD Imaging Sw...

Misty day at the fleet air base — by Bruce Robbins on July 30, 2013

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I managed to get along to HMS Peewit  a few days ago just in time for the infamous North Sea Haar to drift in across the water. I love condi...

Auction fever — by Bruce Robbins on July 29, 2013

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You don't get many of these in a pound of mince. I've already got my New Year's resolution in the bag: it's to keep away fro...