The Power of Facebook — by Bruce Robbins on

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Last month (April) was the most successful I've had with The Online Darkroom since launching it onto an unsuspecting public three-and-a-...

Adox CMS 20 - a reader's quest — by Bruce Robbins on

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Italian reader Donato Chirulli has been quietly working away on what seems to be something of a fixation with some photographers - getting C...

The LEICA Diaries - Part Nine — by Bruce Robbins on

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An old ferry terminal building in the Fife town of Newport taken with the Summaron. Ferry crossings over the river Tay between Dundee and Ne...

Pre-exposure follow-up — by Bruce Robbins on

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Being an inquisitive sort, I went on to Google+ and the Analogue Photography Users Group and posed much the same question on the topic of Br...

Barnbaum v Thornton: who's right? — by Bruce Robbins on

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Pre-flashing or pre-exposing a negative to improve shadow detail in contrasty scenes was a technique advocated by the late Barry Thornton in...

Fair Witness tops the charts — by Bruce Robbins on

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Congratulations to David Keenan whose new black and white photography book, Fair Witness, is the best seller in its category on the Amazon w...

Firstcall now stocking Bergger paper — by Bruce Robbins on

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Firstcall Photographic's spring/summer catalogue arrived in the post the other day with the usual sprinkling of film and darkroom goodie...

The LEICA Diaries - Part Eight — by Bruce Robbins on

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The Leica experiment goes on and I'm continuing to enjoy working with the M2, almost exclusively, it has to be said, with the 50mm Summi...

Erwin Puts' old articles available again — by Bruce Robbins on

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Many readers will be aware of Leica afficionado Erwin Puts and I'm sure you'll have your opinions about him both pro and con. Erwin ...