Talking Gear: Camera Bags, the Devil's Spawn — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've been meaning to write this post for a while as much to garner your opinions about what makes a good bag as anything else. Is there ...

Part One: Tri X/Acurol-N - The dull day film search goes on! — by Bruce Robbins on

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This might seem like an obsession to some readers but if you knew the number of dull days we get in the part of Scotland where I live you...

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 ...

Production problems hit new Ilford Classic — by Bruce Robbins on

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There's an interesting thread at the Film and Darkroom Users Group (FADU) about the recently-introduced Ilford Classic FB multigrade pap...

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

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OK, it's a provocative title and I'm as guilty as the next person of hyperventilating about lenses but it's still a question wor...

Great Landscape Work — by Bruce Robbins on

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Caption: The Beach Flower, Camera: Hasselblad H1, Lens: 35mm, Film: Fuji Velvia 50, Aperture: f/16, Exposure: 4s,  Filters: Lee ND  Graduate...

Death to Spammers — by Bruce Robbins on

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I've been on the receiving end of so many spam comments that I'm going to have ask that anyone leaving a comment (thank you all!) fr...

Vitessa - temporary lodger in the Robbins camera cupboard — by Bruce Robbins on

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The Ultron at f2.8 and the minimum focus of just over 3ft. Not bad at all. Regular readers will know I still have far too much camera stuff ...