The Darkroom Cookbook

The Darkroom Cookbook, 4th edition will be released on March 17, 2016. The updated book is the classic guide for darkroom photographers. Packed with formulas, tips and special techniques and stunning black and white imagery by professionals such as Bruce Barnbaum, Tim Rudman, John Sexton, and more.

Already, the Darkroom Cookbook Forum is up and running. With topics ranging from silver halide processing to alternative techniques such as albumen printing, carbon printing, wet plate processing and more, there is much to learn.

Japan Camera Hunter: Review of the Instaflex TL70

The film camera buff site, Japan Camera Hunter, has a review of the Instaflex TL70 instant film camera. The camera uses the Instax mini film, but gives you the feel of a 120 roll film TLR. The camera features glass lenses, though apparently focus is soft according to one commenter on the site. The reviewer felt it was a unique, attention grabbing camera that gets conversations rolling. The TL70 has metering, manual exposure settings and a tripod socket, making this a fun camera for the serious film photographer who just wants something less serious without giving up control. The camera has the features of a TLR such as waist level viewfinder, pop up magnifier and sport viewfinder. It retails for around US$350.

Worth a read. See also the Ag+ Process review of Fuji Instax film from Christmas.

News from the LRF, Start of 2016

The FILM Ferrania project has released a tentative schedule for getting back on track and producing film. They will his year, instead of just producing a small batch of Kickstarter rewards. In reflecting back on 2015, they are looking forward to a long time producing film.

Adox Implosion: Pavel Kosenko

Photographer Pavel Kosenko reveals photos of Cuba taken on Adox Implosion 100, an experimental film with desaturated colours designed to give the look of the 70s. Compare this film to the stunning 90MP (ninety megapixel!) scan of Adox CMS 20 II B&W film depicting a Porsche (Image at Adox). Check out other products made by Adox covered right here on Ag+ Process.

COOPH: The History of Photography in Five Minutes

The Cooperative of Photography, or COOPH, has an excellent video on their Youtube channel on the history of photography. In only five minutes, breeze over the main characters of photography since (and before!) its inception. Some names may be familiar, if the reader has browsed previous videos on lenses listed by this blog. Way cool.