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Darkroom project…

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…

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Do you have to ask? No, really, do you?

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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Voigtlander double accessory shoe

These incredibly useful accessories seem rarer than hen’s teeth and the bidding for one that turned up on ebay recently (unused and boxed) seems to indicate that there would be a healthy market if Voigtlander still manufactured them. Anyway, after a fair number of screen refreshes (and being late for an appontment as a result…

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