So 50 year old Ansco still has some life in it and the R3 works very well and is super easy to use, but I encountered three problems. A couple are obviously user error, probably all of them are. Please. If you have any advice or suggestions, please please please pass them on.
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Missy Prince – Selektor III (unboxing)
A week or so ago, I mentioned that I might start shooting and sharing video of the unboxings that I do of different photobooks and whatnot. Well, here’s my first attempt (really, it’s the second, but that one was a bigger fail even than this one, if you can imagine…): https://youtu.be/0CA3F8OaoR0
Expired Ansco, meet R3 Monobath (2)
And there be pictures on that roll! MashaAllah! Alhamdulillah! Allahu Akbar! 6 minute stand at 80F, and 5 minutes continuous wash: easy!
Expired Ansco, meet R3 Monobath (1)
After 6 weeks or so, I finally shot through the first roll of 50 year old Ansco Versapan. Strangely, it more or less jumped on the reel, so I’m curious to see what—if anything—the edge markings reveal. Equally strangely, the bottom of the film canister was loose… This was fortunate, since I seem to have …
Digital Darkroom Software Review: RawTherapee
Program: RawTherapee (version 4.2.1) Platforms Available Tested: Linux, Mac, Windows Installation: normal download dmg & drag app to Applications folder (or wherever you like). Easy. RawTherapee is a very powerful Raw file converter/developer… And I’ll just leave it at that. If you don’t believe me, just dive in to the RawPedia, the most thorough and easy …
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Tell it like it is
David Alan Harvey’s new reprint of Tell it like it is arrived on my doorstep this afternoon. Do people do unboxing videos of books? Probably somewhere… But if they don’t, they still don’t, since this isn’t a video… just a boring slideshow of an unboxing of a book filled with exceptional photographs of a Virginia family …
