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Film Processing with Caffenol, Revisited

Another post about processing instructions? Yes, because a friend asked for it and I wanted to write a complete step-by-step black and white processing instruction set. While I’ll talk specifically about mixing Caffenol developer(s), this should apply to black and white processing in general. Here goes… Pre-Mix Chemicals Before you …

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Table Salt on your film?

The weather was perfect last weekend so I took my cameras out for a spin. Well, actually, I took several cameras but mostly shot with the Bronica ETRS and my new Zenzanon-PE 180mm f/4.5 lens. I had an Ilford Delta 400 on the attached back and shot it at ISO …

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On Minolta Autocord, Part 1

I got a Minolta Autocord some 10 years ago but haven’t used it much due to it’s condition. The lenses are good but the leatherette were all cracked and peeling off. I decided to peel them off completely (except for the front cover) with the intention of replacing them at …

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The old and the new with Agfa APX 100

So, yesterday I got an itch to shoot a test roll with my Bronica ETRS and a 135W film back. The 135W back is a 35mm roll film back that lets you shoot panoramas, e.g. 24x54mm negatives (as opposed to the traditional 3:2 format or 24x36mm), on the medium format …