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• Another guide to scanning film

  Posted on 06 January, 2023 / 11 min read
  

  Nobody asked, but I'll say it anyway. And everyone has their own method, too, and frankly no method can be considered straight up bad*, as…

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• What I got in 2022 - an overview

  Posted on 06 January, 2023 / 17 min read
  

  Wow, last year was gassy. As if I had a bean soup for a week straight. Despite me writing about the void, I still was hungry for more - more…

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• TTArtisan 27mm f2.8 Fuji X pancake review

  Posted on 05 November, 2022 / 6 min read
  

  I'm cheap. I'll get it out of the way first. I'm not loyal to anyone, except for low taxes, low prices. TTArtisan did a quick release…

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• One roll with... Canon EOS 30

  Posted on 28 September, 2022 / 9 min read
  

  I mentioned something about the opportunities. Through an incredible stroke of bad and good luck, you may meet good people; and the good…

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• One roll with... Kodak Tri-X disposable

  Posted on 26 September, 2022 / 5 min read
  

  Reduce, reuse, recycle. All of that in a capitalist society, where you're constantly bombarded with advertisements; where companies with…

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• One roll with... Minolta 505si

  Posted on 05 June, 2022 / 8 min read
  

  I had an opportunity. Multiple opportunities, actually, and sometimes you just have to act on them, remembering about the risks. I've been…

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• Salt Paper Prints

  Posted on 20 September, 2021 / 10 min read
  

  Salt paper prints were discovered in 1830s, and were the method of making positive prints from negatives. The process has been widely…

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• Pergear 60mm f2.8 2:1 macro lens - review

  Posted on 03 September, 2021 / 4 min read
  

  A Chinese manufacturer releases a new, cheap lens. Their optics have been getting better and better recently, but you're still skeptical…

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• Minolta XG-1: A budget option that gets you 99% the way there

  Posted on 14 June, 2021 / 6 min read
  

  The moment I got my hands on my end-all 35mm camera, a black Minolta XD, I decided to sell off the XG-1 to a friend for a decent price. I…

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• Black and white developer recipes

  Posted on 15 April, 2021 / 24 min read
  

  The infromation is slowly disappearing from the net. The other day I realized I cannot find the recipe for D-76d I've been using! So there's…

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• Dealing with expired slide

  Posted on 09 April, 2021 / 5 min read
  

  We all know how to deal with expired color and black and white negative already. Overexpose one stop per d- I mean, bracket, test…

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• The Void

  Posted on 11 March, 2021 / 3 min read
  

  During my first steps in photography, it seemed to me like the gear used was super important. Lenses, bodies. I mean, I had a Zenit ET for…

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• Gallery launched

  Posted on 14 February, 2021 / 1 min read
  

  This was a pain. Mostly because of the technology I chose. CV-driven development requires some dedication, and sacrifice. Getting out of the…

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• Finally bought a domain!

  Posted on 23 January, 2021 / 1 min read
  

  This is it. Hello, world. (world: Helloo, spaqin) It's working, and it's quite a spectacle. But I'm sure it took less work than this…

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