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Monthly Archives: July 2008

So I bought some old film off ebay

4 rolls of Kodachrome 25, a roll of Kodachrome 200, and mostly full (apparently) box of Plus X. All from the 80′s, all still processable. I’m not at all worried about the Plus-X as black and white keeps ridiculously well, expired 1988 along with the Kodachrome 200. The Kodachrome 25 Expired in ’86, so we’ll [...]

My Darkroom

Well I’ve been cleaning up my darkroom in my spare time, and it’s kinda needed it. Since I’ve been at university it’s fallen into disuse, and lack of air circulation has led to some interesting stuff growing on my wooden print tongs, among other things…moisture and a closed space isn’t good for any photographic equipment, [...]

Makeshift Panoramas

Well I got my RB67 some time ago, but thanks to a busted lens I haven’t gotten to use it too much – I need to borrow the university’s lens when I want to use it. I’ll have my own by the end of the month, but for now I figured I’d post some examples [...]

Photo Directory 1975

A while ago I got a few large (I mean large) bundles of old photography magazines. Mostly Australian Photography and Camera and Cine magazine. These two are still active today, at least in name, so it’s rather interesting. What’s more, it’s incredible the amount of information contained within them. One issue makes mention that sadly [...]

Super-8 in Australia today

Super 8 was introduced in 1965 by Kodak as a new home-movie format. You can see my in depth examination of a Super-8 cartridge [here], achieved with a knife and some curious determination. It was of course superseded by Video technology, as people moved from the movie projector to the VHS. Super-8 is a variant [...]