There are Speed Graphics and SPEED Graphics! — by Bruce Robbins on

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A 5x4 press camera with an f0.95 lens? Wonder how Weegee would have managed with this beast? This unusual package is for sale on Ebay at th...

Only the Best Prints Will Do — by Bruce Robbins on

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I made just two New Year Resolutions for 2014: earn a living and lose weight. Nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe I should add a third: quali...

The 10x8 IKEA Camera — by Bruce Robbins on

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If you're an analogue photographer and you don't get a warm, fuzzy feeling from this story then you've got a printed circuit whe...

Great meter - shame about the price? — by Bruce Robbins on

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I absolutely love the idea behind this exposure meter. It's a tiny wee thing that plugs into the earphone socket on an iPhone and turns ...

Ilford FB Classic and Cooltone: first impressions — by Bruce Robbins on

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Cooltone: Three Doors. Mamiya Press 6x9, 90mm Sekor, HP5 Plus My friend Andrew Sanderson, who has been testing the new Ilford FB Classic and...

New plans for The Online Darkroom — by Bruce Robbins on

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So, a New Year and some new, exciting things planned for The Online Darkroom which I'd like to share with you. This post will be quite l...

Shooting in the Dark — by Bruce Robbins on

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Well, that was an interesting experience! My first large format foray of the New Year and I haven't a clue what I've just returned w...

Century-old Antarctic negs developed — by Bruce Robbins on

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Sorry to keep going on about how wonderful film is but how many memory cards left frozen in the Antarctic would be readable a century later?...

"A Silvered Light" ~ Dundee photography exhibition — by Bruce Robbins on

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Patricia Macdonald, Blanket Bog and Felled Forest, The Great Glen, 1987 © Patricia Macdonald, Dundee City Council (Dundee Art Galleries and ...