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120 film.
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15- 3x4 Speed Graphic: a Craigslist find and a homemade ground glass A 3x4 Speed Graphic found on Craigslist in Alaska, with a Graflex 23 back for 120 film. Plus how I made a ground glass out of Perspex from a Home Depot.
- Agfa Synchro Box review: a 1950s German box camera that shoots a colossal 6x9 negative for £40 Hands-on review of the Agfa Synchro Box 600, a 1951 German box camera shooting 6x9 on 120 film with a single-element meniscus lens and built-in yellow filter.
- Six airport scans on a bag of film: a 2022 test, with a 2026 footnote What happens when you forget about a bag of film for a four-week Costa Rica trip and let it sit through six airport scans. A 2022 test plus a 2026 update.
- Colour filters in black and white photography: what they do, when to use them and why green still has a place How colour filters work in black and white photography, with side-by-side FP4 tests through a Yashica 635, and why green is more useful than it looks.
- GB Kershaw 110 review: a £5 1950s folder from Leeds that punches well above its weight GB Kershaw 110 review: a basic 1954 folder from Leeds with a meniscus lens, two apertures and a genuinely interesting history behind the GB Equipments name.
- Gerlach Nixette review: a £12 1954 German folding camera that is hard to beat for the money Hands-on review of the Gerlach Nixette (Nixon Nixette), a 1950s German 6x6 folding camera with an unusual single-fold bellows and a Supra Anastigmat lens.
- Harman Phoenix 120 review: a colour film for medium format Harman Phoenix arrived in 120 in 2024, the first all-new colour film for medium format in years. I tested it in confetti fields, a Holga and the studio.
- Harman Phoenix 2 review: an actual colour film now Hands-on review of Harman Phoenix 2 in 120, shot beside Phoenix 1 across two rolls in rural Gloucestershire. It is a real step on, and I am buying more.
- Harman Red 125 in 120: a film I still do not understand Harman Red is now in 120 alongside the original 35mm launch. I shot two rolls trying to work out what it is for. It makes red images, very competently.
- Kentmere Pan 200 review: a budget film with real character Kentmere Pan 200 is Ilford's new budget film, between Pan 100 and 400. Tested on Bronica GS1 and Rolleiflex SLX, it is so good at around £5 a roll.
- Lomography Berlin Kino 400 review: is the film supposed to look like that? Lomography Berlin Kino 400 has a startlingly dark film base. Two rolls and two developers later, I am sure that yes, it is supposed to look like that.
- Lomography Lady Grey 400 review: a well-behaved black and white film Lomography Lady Grey 400 surprised me. Fine grain for a 400 film, controlled contrast, clean rendering. Not what I expected from Lomography at all.
- Rolleicord III review and shoot: a 70-year-old German TLR with a scratched lens and real character Hands-on review and shoot test of the 1950 Rolleicord III TLR with Schneider Xenar 75mm f/3.5, compared with the Yashica 635, with a scratched-lens twist.
- What is 120 film? A complete guide to medium format 120 film is the medium format roll film most photographers move to after 35mm. What it is, how it differs, how to load it, and how the frame sizes work.
- Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor 56/2 review: king of box cameras or just another box camera? The Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor 56/2 has a reputation as the best box camera ever made. My experience says it is fine but not exceptional. Here is why.