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  1. AstrHori XH-2 review: a good hot shoe light meter and a comedy of my own errors The AstrHori XH-2 is a compact reflective hot shoe light meter that styles beautifully on a Bronica ETRS. It took me three days and a string of self-inflicted disasters to review it, including a dead battery I diagnosed as a gummed-up lens. The meter is great. I am the problem.
  2. Freewell V2 Hybrid VND/CPL review: combining a variable ND and circular polariser The Freewell V2 Hybrid combines a 3-to-7-stop variable ND and a circular polariser in one filter. I tested it on 4x5 in the countryside. The clever bit is how the stop markings account for the polariser's light loss, which makes film exposure calculations genuinely easy. Honest review from a non-landscape shooter.
  3. Jaggle Berlinova review: making darkroom prints in daylight at the kitchen table The Jaggle Berlinova is a daylight printing system that lets you make analogue enlargements with no darkroom, the same way daylight developing tanks let you process film without one. Hands-on with a pre-production prototype, including all my mistakes and the designer telling me to stop messing around and read the instructions.
  4. Reveni Labs Lumo review: a $200 light meter that punches well above its weight Hands-on review of the Reveni Labs Lumo, a tiny multi-function light meter that does almost everything a Sekonic L858-D does for around a fifth of the price. Filmed at Matt Bechberger's lab in Hanover, Ontario, with a Fuji Velvia 4x5 portrait test in the snow.
  5. Sekonic L858-D SpeedMaster review: six months with the gold standard An honest review of the Sekonic L858-D SpeedMaster after six months of regular use, including for the black and white paper reversal project where reliable metering is essential. Yes it is brilliant. Yes it is expensive. Yes it is probably worth it, eventually.
  6. Sirui C150X Lite review: a 150W constant light powerful enough for paper reversal The Sirui C150X Lite is a 150-watt constant light aimed at semi-professional photographers and videographers. It comes with a battery-handle power pack, a QR40 softbox with grid, and enough output to handle even the brutally low ISO of black and white paper reversal. Honest hands-on review.
  7. Stenopeika Minutero 2.0 review: paper reversal at the kitchen table The Stenopeika Minutero 2.0 lets you develop 4x5 black and white paper inside the holder itself, with no darkroom required. After my first session producing portraits of my daughters in the kitchen, it has changed how I work on the paper reversal project.
  8. Zhiyun Cinepeer CF100 review: a stick light for film photography? The Zhiyun Cinepeer CF100 is an LED stick light aimed at video shooters. I tested it for analogue film portraits, including dry plates at ISO 2, to see whether a strip light has a place in a film photographer's kit. It does, and the shape of the light is the reason.