Rescued by a Rollei — by Bruce Robbins on

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January was a bit of a barren month in the Robbins household as far as taking photographs goes. The weather, for seemingly weeks on end, has...

Sunny f16 Bollocks? Mea Culpa... — by Bruce Robbins on

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post describing how I'd used the Sunny F16 rule to arrive at an exposure that my handheld meter subsequ...

More on the Fixer shock — by Bruce Robbins on

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Argentinian reader, Hernan Zenteno, asked some very good questions in a follow up comment to my previous post about it being better to leav...

Who'da Thunk That! — by Bruce Robbins on

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Here's something from the Michael Caine "not a lot of people know that" school of photography. At least, I don't think a l...

Ilford's 5x4 Obscura now a £55 stand-alone — by Bruce Robbins on

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Ilford's 5x4 Obscura will now be available as a camera-only deal. If simplicity is a sign of great design, the Ilford Obscura, released ...

Split Grade Printing - Guest Post — by Bruce Robbins on

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I stumbled upon this article on the Filmwasters website a while back and asked its author, Jeff Warden, if I could publish it here. He kindl...

Truck Camera — by Bruce Robbins on

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Here's a fascinating video about a wet plate camera built into the back of a truck and which takes enormous collodion photographs. Collo...

Appreciating Great Gear — by Bruce Robbins on

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Great photographs can be taken on the simplest of cameras and the most basic of enlargers can be used to produce some fine prints. But there...

A Less Beautiful Ralph Gibson — by Bruce Robbins on

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A digital photograph similar to those Ralph used to take. Ralph Gibson has gone over to the dark side, his beloved Leica MP and M6 film cam...