Yearly Archives: 2008 I thought I’d try stand developing FP4+ (box speed) in APH09 for an hour because I’m lazy enough to do that. I’m not overjoyed with the results though. Coupled with the Elmar 90/4 softness wide open I think the images lack something. Next time I’ll probably try 12 minutes with the usual agitation. Tower Bridge…  It was an overcast Xmas Eve… Very flat light and I wanted to play with Tri-X and Rodinal (R09 APH09). Tooling around St James Park pretending to be a tourist. Tis quite hard really because we got asked the way to Trafalgar Square – or more bizarrely ‘is Trafalgar Square part of Greenwich?’ from an…  Sunny weather! So I went to the graveyard to try and catch the shadows with the wide angle and the Leica IIf. I’ve discovered the If has tiny light leaks in the shutter curtain so it is off to Malcolm Taylor in the new year for a CLA. These are contrasty, which I like. First… Despite not having room to swing a cat I’ve embarked on my darkroom project. The plan is to use the bathroom. It has no windows so the only light source is the door and the ‘show us your darkroom’ thread on photo.net has many examples of bathrooms used as darkrooms. First thing to think about… Being a self-confessed gear-head I used to read dpreview avidly. I still glance at it occasionally but the signal-to-noise ratio seems to be on an exponential curve downwards and as I slide inexorably further into the darkside of analogue I now find it of limited relevance. Before I start on why, let me say that… |
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