This is a short report of how I develop black and white film. I can only encourage everyone to just try it at home, since it is not very complicated. And it is really fun! Recently I found some old roll of 35mm Agfapan APX 100 black and white film, expired since 10 years ago. […]
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Hohentwiel Fortress in Germany was one of Baden-Wüerttemberg’s largest fortresses. Starting from a smaller medieval castle situated on top of the Hohentwiel – a long time inactive volcano of the Hegau group of volcanoes – in the 16th century it was extended into a larger fortress. As far as I know, Hohentwiel went through some […]
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Since I started my large format photography adventure a couple of weeks ago with the purchase of the Tachihara 4×5 field camera, I spent a lot of time hunting for second hand equipment, such as sheet film holders, wire releases, some lab parts, and of course lenses. The lens question is really a tough one, […]
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End of last year it became clear I was going to be in Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2012 as a marathon “support team”. Since I had to be there anyway, why not also register for one of the shorter runs? As I never did a half-marathon before, I decided to give it a […]
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Last weekend I had the chance to be in Scotland for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2012 (see also previous entry). Taking an early flight on Friday, there was half of Friday and all of Saturday to explore Edinburgh before the run on Sunday, and the weather was brilliant. Unlike usual Scottish summer (and spring, winter […]
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