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What do you know, it turns out that C41 chemicals last a very very long time. Except for the developer component.… Read the rest.

I scanned the tab showing the exposure guide for Kodak Ultramax 400 colour film, also realising that the reciprocal to be applied in the Sunny 16 rule is 1/250 s for ISO 400 film, and not 1/500 s as I normally did.… Read the rest.

Last year, I found a Kenko KFM-2100 on eBay for incredibly cheap—if you know how ridiculously expensive spotmeters are—and immediately bought it.… Read the rest.

This weekend we are staying indoors as P continues to recover from the pain in her lower back, which had her immobilised for most of the week.… Read the rest.

From a ten-year-old negative newly scanned on a Nikon Coolscan V ED, a picture of a fruit vendor at the now-defunct Farnborough Sunday Car Boot.… Read the rest.

Yesterday and today, P and I finally hiked a new trail in Minley. It’s less than a ten-minute drive away from home, yet we put off going there for more than a year.… Read the rest.

Hello, Spring. It looks like the good weather will persist throughout the weekend and into next week. Today, P and I climbed up Caesar’s Camp.… Read the rest.

I went walking for three hours, and all I shot was this lousy picture. Yesterday, P and I hiked 15 km around Claycart Bottom and Long Valley, and today another 15 km along Basingstoke Canal and Mytchett.… Read the rest.

Nikon’s back, tell a friend. Eminem! Got it? Never mind— I received my D850 back on Thursday via UPS, about a month after it was posted to Nikon.… Read the rest.

Recently, I spent a fair bit of time explaining assertions to an apprentice on my team. While he could understand how assertions work, he struggled to grasp the motives for using them.… Read the rest.