2015: The Year Film Fought Back? — by Bruce Robbins on January 30, 2015

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Just a fortnight ago we had the Financial Times posting a video to Youtube with the message that "film never died" and now here...

Leica Filters Brochure 1960 — by Bruce Robbins on January 25, 2015

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I thought I'd already posted all of the brochures in my wee Leica literature collection but it seems not. Whilst looking for something i...

For the love of cars — by Bruce Robbins on January 21, 2015

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If you're a regular reader you might have picked up on my long-term interest in cars. Not the modern, shiny ones but rather those with a...

"Film never died", says the Financial Times — by Bruce Robbins on January 19, 2015

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Here's a heartening wee video with a most agreeable message. It's on Youtube where it's had just over 5200 views - not really to...

Banish sweaty hands from your film loading — by Bruce Robbins on January 16, 2015

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Apologies for my extended holiday which went on a little longer than I'd planned. I thought a week or a fortnight at most would be enoug...

Leica M5 Brochure — by Bruce Robbins on January 01, 2015

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Having said earlier this month that my Leica of choice, were I splashing out on one, would be the M4, it's much more likely that the cam...

Merry Christmas! — by Bruce Robbins on December 23, 2014

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I'm going to take a wee break from blogging over Christmas and the New Year so this would be a good time to thank all my readers for the...

Mantrap — by Bruce Robbins on December 22, 2014

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Whatever imagination I have, I find it all but impossible to apply it to the art of coming up with titles for photographs. Most of the time,...

Ripped Off? — by Bruce Robbins on December 18, 2014

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Naughty Adox. Naughty, naughty Adox. For the first time ever for me, a 35mm film wound fully out of the cassette and onto the take-up spool ...