Ilford makes some excellent black-and-white films. They’re dependable, reasonably priced, and look wonderful. Whenever I choose to shoot HP5 Plus I mostly rate it at 400 or 800, and occasionally would shoot it at 1600. But for the first time, I pushed it three stops all the way to 3200 and came away with some […]
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With many things in life, simpler is usually better. Not over-complicating a thing can usually return an increased sense of enjoyment. This includes photography. For many photographers, myself included, collecting cameras and different lenses, or just fondling photo gear is all part of the fun. I get it. But before you camera bag packers start
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I was picking up some developer and other chemicals from B&H Photo and was about 5 bucks short of their free shipping threshold. We’ve all been there- ready to check out and complete your order only to have to throw some random crap into the cart to hit the shipping limit. Well, a roll of
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