Category: English
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Nerding out on film 3
On metering light and determining exposure For many of us, it is probably a valid assumption that 75% of our pictures will be correctly exposed when we set the camera to A, and there will be additional photos that are “good enough” so that they can be fixed in the mix. But sometimes, at least…
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nerding out on film 2
Film development — workflow and best practices This article is aimed at making film development less intimidating for someone who has never tried it before, and to answer questions a beginning film development enthusiast may have. It specifically focuses on traditional (not C41) black&white development. Which is not a value judgement on the C41 development…
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Nerding out on film 1
How to handle contrast Earlier today, I was explaining a couple concepts dealing with contrast in b&w film development in a group of camera people, and about halfway I thought, ok, this is where I initiate nerd level “off the scale”. But apparently, I struck a chord with some readers. So you know what? Let’s…
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Minolta XE-1 — The Last Of The titans
The first half of the seventies was an era in which the Japanese camera industry was busy designing and building cameras up to a quality level, not down to a price. Sure, there were consumer, prosumer and professional-grade models, but the primary difference would be the number of available features, but the build quality would…
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The Deauville files: Modifications
In an earlier post, I wrote about how I acquired a motorcycle. There were a few things wrong, or left desired… which I intended to address. This post is a summary of issues and modifications up to today. Issues found Need-to-fix: Battery: resembling a Norwegian parrot. It was… pining for the fjords. Bereft of…
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Darkroom Adventures: XTOL is dead, long live ADOX XT-3!
In a previous life, I developed my own films, predominantly black & white. In 2009, I got myself a 24 megapixel full frame camera, and made the switch to 100% digital photography. But recently, partly out of nostalgia, and partly out of curiosity, I got myself a few black&white films just to give it a…
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On home-developing black & white films
I’ve been shooting black & white film since the seventies, always developing the films myself. In a narrow circle, I seemed to have a reputation of being able to do remarkable things with it – I knew my films and my developers well, and I was accused of having a neverending palette of monochrome tones*.…
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Škoda Columbus (RNS-510): updating maps from SDHC
Ever seen the dual-layer DVD with the card updates (which can be read correctly in another drive) being refused by your RNS 510 (Columbus) as an unreadable disk? You wouldn’t be the first to whom this happens. It seems a common issue that the laser, probably due to contamination, has no problems with CDs or…