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One heck of a sunset in Launceston Tasmania this evening
February 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM
One heck of a sunset in Launceston Tasmania this evening
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I think I might buy one! As good as the software is I’m not completely happy with the pano’s from combined multiple images!
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Adventures with an Anamorphic Lens
Togakushi, Nagano
A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Cine Anamorphic
#Photography
#Anamorphic
Adventures with an Anamorphic Lens
Togakushi, Nagano
A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Cine Anamorphic
#Photography
#Anamorphic
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I think I might buy one! As good as the software is I’m not completely happy with the pano’s from combined multiple images!
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Show 18 of the Lensless and Lo-Fi podcast is aired. Monika Braaksma is new to #Filmphotography but that hasn’t stopped her making some lovely pinhole images , we chat about her love of folk music too.
With @johnfar.com
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With @johnfar.com
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Show 18 - Pinhole & Music with Monika Braaksma
Podcast Episode · The Lensless and Lo-Fi Podcast · 10/02/2026 · 1h 17m
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February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Show 18 of the Lensless and Lo-Fi podcast is aired. Monika Braaksma is new to #Filmphotography but that hasn’t stopped her making some lovely pinhole images , we chat about her love of folk music too.
With @johnfar.com
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With @johnfar.com
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Mt Fuji at 285km per hour captured on Fujifilm 400 on a Pentax MX with a Tamron SP Super Performance 35-80 zoom in 1980. This film along with a dozen others was processed and arrived with some very very average prints. Recently rescanned Neg Lab pro for the conversion then denoised in DXO photo lab
February 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Mt Fuji at 285km per hour captured on Fujifilm 400 on a Pentax MX with a Tamron SP Super Performance 35-80 zoom in 1980. This film along with a dozen others was processed and arrived with some very very average prints. Recently rescanned Neg Lab pro for the conversion then denoised in DXO photo lab
Noticed on Ali Express ‘Vibe colour film’ It says 27 exposures ISO to 800 AUD 15.91 Per roll cheaper for 5 etc Any guesses what it is, any one tried it? Ali has a shifty pricing database so
it may be different for others!
it may be different for others!
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Noticed on Ali Express ‘Vibe colour film’ It says 27 exposures ISO to 800 AUD 15.91 Per roll cheaper for 5 etc Any guesses what it is, any one tried it? Ali has a shifty pricing database so
it may be different for others!
it may be different for others!
When all’s said & done a 10x8 or larger print be it darkroom or inkjet is my preferred size to view. As much I love, say, a silver gelatine print, medium to high end ink jets have greater depth in the blacks. What’s more really good printers are not that expensive now. Cheaper than a darkroom…
I always found D76 too grainy in an unpleasing “newspaper print” kind of way.
I like LC29 and it used to be my go to, but I have throughly enjoyed D23r which I find I don’t get the same problems as I do with D76
I like LC29 and it used to be my go to, but I have throughly enjoyed D23r which I find I don’t get the same problems as I do with D76
January 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
When all’s said & done a 10x8 or larger print be it darkroom or inkjet is my preferred size to view. As much I love, say, a silver gelatine print, medium to high end ink jets have greater depth in the blacks. What’s more really good printers are not that expensive now. Cheaper than a darkroom…
Sunrise through an old lace curtain.
Yashica Mat Kodacolour
film
Yashica Mat Kodacolour
film
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Sunrise through an old lace curtain.
Yashica Mat Kodacolour
film
Yashica Mat Kodacolour
film
A dragon kiln, the last one in Singapore produced 1000’s of plant pots with each firing. Managing one of these beasts was in itself a real art and a fascinating thing to see. Fuji film on a Pentax SV or MX
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A dragon kiln, the last one in Singapore produced 1000’s of plant pots with each firing. Managing one of these beasts was in itself a real art and a fascinating thing to see. Fuji film on a Pentax SV or MX
An Echidna close up these are normally quite shy secretive creatures this one popped out of the bush and scrambled up on this rock giving me a rare opportunity to catch a portrait
January 12, 2026 at 12:53 PM
An Echidna close up these are normally quite shy secretive creatures this one popped out of the bush and scrambled up on this rock giving me a rare opportunity to catch a portrait
Unloading a kiln at Royal Crown Derby. This film is going to get a bath any larger than this and it looks like it’s been sand blasted. Taken in the late 80’s Pentax
January 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Unloading a kiln at Royal Crown Derby. This film is going to get a bath any larger than this and it looks like it’s been sand blasted. Taken in the late 80’s Pentax
My B in L once said once said “one gets joy from buying a boat & once again when it is disposed of” I can’t imagine the same could be said for the owner of this one!
A phone photo of a print that has hung in my hallway for some time, it's from a large format negative printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Pearl paper.
January 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
My B in L once said once said “one gets joy from buying a boat & once again when it is disposed of” I can’t imagine the same could be said for the owner of this one!
Can a mandarine be orange? on one of my trees HP in Ilford LC (I think)
January 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Can a mandarine be orange? on one of my trees HP in Ilford LC (I think)
Yes the Pentax 645 has the best affordable interchangeable glass available especially when one considers that all the 6x7 glass can be used as well. I sold mine & some of the lenses intending to buy a Rollei wide 1st series which I still have to find! Saw & handled a GX wide in JPN but very pricey🫣
Using some GP3 in 220 today while taking the P645 out, it's quite a manageable camera with a prime, but this zoom takes it to another level in size.
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Yes the Pentax 645 has the best affordable interchangeable glass available especially when one considers that all the 6x7 glass can be used as well. I sold mine & some of the lenses intending to buy a Rollei wide 1st series which I still have to find! Saw & handled a GX wide in JPN but very pricey🫣
Curves then desaturate+contrast in Affinity but the fact was the day was gray totally flat sky there was almost no colour to convert. Pentax/Tamron or the wish I never sold it pancake!
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Curves then desaturate+contrast in Affinity but the fact was the day was gray totally flat sky there was almost no colour to convert. Pentax/Tamron or the wish I never sold it pancake!
I only saw the slightest glimpse of metal when the hand was moved but the Retina shutter had been pressed at that point captured on HPS a while ago. Do the scales tell the story, I’ll never know!
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I only saw the slightest glimpse of metal when the hand was moved but the Retina shutter had been pressed at that point captured on HPS a while ago. Do the scales tell the story, I’ll never know!
My other favourite lens is the Russian Biotar Made on an Leica Type 240 at dusk
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 PM
My other favourite lens is the Russian Biotar Made on an Leica Type 240 at dusk
Even at night the Skopar produces lovely tones
My town at night.
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Even at night the Skopar produces lovely tones
I have long had a soft spot for Color Skopar lenses my oldest is on a Bessa II 6x9 which I really must run a film through…
My town at night.
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I have long had a soft spot for Color Skopar lenses my oldest is on a Bessa II 6x9 which I really must run a film through…
Cloudy but fine?
January 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Cloudy but fine?
Seen on a local train trip in Japan “The lady, a sumo and a school boy” iPhone
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Seen on a local train trip in Japan “The lady, a sumo and a school boy” iPhone
Bill, do you notice any significant difference between 16x9 and what the anamorphic lens produces?
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Adventures with an Anamorphic Lens
Togakushi, Nagano
A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Cine Anamorphic
#Photography
#Anamorphic
Adventures with an Anamorphic Lens
Togakushi, Nagano
A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Cine Anamorphic
#Photography
#Anamorphic
January 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Bill, do you notice any significant difference between 16x9 and what the anamorphic lens produces?
For any one who remembers the wonderful Japanese TV / BBC series ‘Monkey Magic’ this is a photo of the shrine in Nikko the history of which became the inspiration for story…
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For any one who remembers the wonderful Japanese TV / BBC series ‘Monkey Magic’ this is a photo of the shrine in Nikko the history of which became the inspiration for story…
I was about to quit for the night & power failed with an explosion!
I looked out of the window to see a fire was burning on the vacant land close by it has been very gusty the whole week with terrible fires a long the east coast of Tasmania. In this case a gust had cause lines to arc & start a fire
I looked out of the window to see a fire was burning on the vacant land close by it has been very gusty the whole week with terrible fires a long the east coast of Tasmania. In this case a gust had cause lines to arc & start a fire
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I was about to quit for the night & power failed with an explosion!
I looked out of the window to see a fire was burning on the vacant land close by it has been very gusty the whole week with terrible fires a long the east coast of Tasmania. In this case a gust had cause lines to arc & start a fire
I looked out of the window to see a fire was burning on the vacant land close by it has been very gusty the whole week with terrible fires a long the east coast of Tasmania. In this case a gust had cause lines to arc & start a fire
Back in Sept Launceton (Tasmania) received a lot of heavy rain over 48 hrs Both rivers rose dramatically Around dusk we had remarkable light For 10 minutes or so light from the sunset was reflected off blue black clouds almost everything except new spring plant growth had a blue purple cast
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Back in Sept Launceton (Tasmania) received a lot of heavy rain over 48 hrs Both rivers rose dramatically Around dusk we had remarkable light For 10 minutes or so light from the sunset was reflected off blue black clouds almost everything except new spring plant growth had a blue purple cast