More portfolio ponderings — by Bruce Robbins on

6 comments

Leica M2, 50mm Summicron, Tmax 400 developed in Firstcall Superfine. T.O.D. contributor David M. , in a comment on my previous post, advised...

Portfolio? Is this the year? — by Bruce Robbins on

5 comments

I'm starting to gather together some nice Leica negatives that deserve more than just a quick work print or scan. Leica M2, 50mm Summicr...

Nothing can eclipse McDonald's! — by Bruce Robbins on

2 comments

No prizes for guessing where I watched the eclipse from then. It coincided with my morning coffee today so I whipped out the iPhone and took...

The LEICA Diaries - Part Six — by Bruce Robbins on

4 comments

There's just something about a Leica film camera, isn't there? I took my 84-year-old mother for a coffee the other day and, while we...

The LEICA Diaries - Part Five — by Bruce Robbins on

6 comments

Here's a strange thing that I wasn't expecting with the Leica. Most of us have a "vertical bias" when framing a scene in t...

Artful Cock-Ups — by Bruce Robbins on

7 comments

Ilford's Pan F+ is a lovely film capable of producing very sharp and fine-grained negatives but not without its little foibles. For a st...

The LEICA Diaries - Part Four — by Bruce Robbins on

13 comments

Garden, Westhaven Leica M2, 35mm f3.5 Summaron, Tmax 400 developed in Firstcall Superfine. If you read stuff online about loading a film int...

Voigtlander Vitessa off to a new home — by Bruce Robbins on

1 comment

After much deliberation, I decided to sell my Vitessa despite the excellence of it's fabulous 50mm f2 Ultron lens. It was a hard decisio...

The whys and wherefores of test strips — by Bruce Robbins on

10 comments

Contributor David M. continues his look at the essentials of the darkroom with a comprehensive guide to one of the simplest but most importa...