The XP2 Experiment — by Bruce Robbins on February 16, 2022

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I've made a start to my New Year promise to simplify photographic life a bit. Getting older inevitably means there are challenges to be ...

Luminosity — by Bruce Robbins on February 06, 2022

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  Luminosity. What a lovely word. So descriptive but not in a matter-of-fact way. There’s some room for interpretation. Ask ten people and y...

Leica M11 — by Bruce Robbins on January 13, 2022

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That’s it - I’ve seen the future. I’m selling everything so that I can buy a new £7500 Leica M11. I can then start saving for a lens. Is it ...

The Surfers — by Bruce Robbins on January 08, 2022

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  The Surfers was a quick grab shot whilst I was having a coffee in the car, parked in a space reserved for disabled drivers (the only one I...

Shell Bay, Elie — by Bruce Robbins on December 26, 2021

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A dramatic sky over Cocklemill Burn. About 20 minutes from my home in Fife is Shell Bay, a nice, sandy beach on the Forth Estuary with a hol...

Blyth - Part Two — by Bruce Robbins on December 10, 2021

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Digging for bait Here we are back in the northern coastal town of Blyth just a short hop north of Newcastle. The photographs in this post ...

Blyth — by Bruce Robbins on December 02, 2021

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OM2, 135mm f3.5 Zuiko, Delta 400, DD-X I mentioned in the last post that we'd had a wee break in Northumberland and the temptation was s...

Darkroom Upheaval — by Bruce Robbins on November 29, 2021

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It's been a barely believable ten months since I last posted anything on The Online Darkroom so where should I start? Is an apology in o...

Thornton v Barnbaum. Are they both right? — by Bruce Robbins on January 26, 2021

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A while back, I wrote a post questioning whether Barry Thornton or Bruce Barnbaum were right on the subject of pre-exposure of film as an a...