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Brownsea Island

A couple of weeks ago I made a visit to Brownsea Island. The island sits within Poole Harbour (Second largest in the world by area!), and is about 1.5 miles long and 3/4 mile wide and is of course only accessible by boat. It is basically owned by the National Trust but has a complicated history that includesContinue reading “Brownsea Island”

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Crawley’s FX6a Monobath

All of the, give or take, 50 years I’ve been messing about in darkrooms, the number one rule has always been, don’t contaminate (mix) the chemicals! I was surprised to discover then that monobath developers have been about since 1800 and something! So what is a monobath? Does it work and if so, how? PutContinue reading “Crawley’s FX6a Monobath”

Kentmere 200

Having used Kentmere 100 and Kentmere 400, when Harman came out with 200 – of course I was going to try it. Analogue Wonderland had a deal and I was sending them a couple rolls of colour for processing, so I added a couple of rolls in! I exposed this roll in my Nikkormat FT2nContinue reading “Kentmere 200”

Last of the Colour – Dorset Spring Fair

I’ve been having a bit of a clear up on my laptop desktop. I tend to use it, stuff builds up and then I have a tidy up. Part of that is a folder for each film scanned. Each film I use is cut and put into a filing sheet, then into a folder. I’veContinue reading “Last of the Colour – Dorset Spring Fair”

Paterson

In the UK at least the “king” of home darkroom products is Paterson. Sure there have been others. Johnsons and Photax spring to mind, both have come and gone. Perhaps AP Plastics more recently are a challenge. Paterson post war however, was THE name. In 1948 Donald Paterson was granted a patent for “a newContinue reading “Paterson”

Sprinkles in the Mini 12!

No I haven’t gone mad, or perhaps I have? If I have, would I know? Either way I just had a birthday, and there was a get together! I decided it was a good opportunity to have a play with a Fuji Mini Instax, specifically the Mini 12 in Lilac. Nothing better to load inContinue reading “Sprinkles in the Mini 12!”

Olympus OM2n (1979)

I wrote about my Olympus OM1 not too long ago. That prompted me to dig out my Olympus OM2n and run a film through that too! It’s a classic for sure, many film users have one. For the record the original “2” was released in 1975. It’s claim to fame is that is was theContinue reading “Olympus OM2n (1979)”

Colour at the steam fair

While I was at the steam fair I also used a roll of colour film, Portra 160. Everyone seems to rave about Portra 400, and it’s good, if expensive. I suspect that maybe because it has a very wide latitude. I however, think I prefer the 160. This particular roll was purchased from (they hadContinue reading “Colour at the steam fair”

Dorset Spring Fair Colour

You may remember back in the spring I went to the Dorset spring fair. I used a couple rolls of FP4 and dealt with those at the time. I also used a roll of Portra 160. I don’t shoot too much colour film, when I do I wait until I have three or four rollsContinue reading “Dorset Spring Fair Colour”