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  1. 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.
  2. Straightening verticals on 4x5: camera movements explained with the Nikkor SW 90mm at St Arilda's Using rear standard tilt and front rise on the Toyo 45C with a Nikkor SW 90mm to correct keystoning on a church, with the technique properly explained.
  3. 510 Pyro vs HC-110: a 4x5 side by side and a chat with James Lane A 4x5 side by side test of 510 Pyro and HC-110 on FP4 at St Arilda's church, plus the chemistry of pyrogallol staining explained by James Lane of Zone Imaging.
  4. Inside the Armstrong Hall: a theatre frozen at lockdown Thornbury's Armstrong Hall closed at the start of UK lockdown and stayed shut four years. Before it reopens I went in with a 4x5 and 24 sheets of FP4.
  5. Black and white paper reversal: 4x5 prints for 25p a sheet Black and white paper reversal lets you shoot 4x5 prints for around 25p a sheet, no negatives needed. Cheap, hands-on and tricky. How it works.
  6. Freewell V2 Hybrid review: a variable ND and polariser The Freewell V2 Hybrid combines a 3-to-7-stop variable ND and a circular polariser in one filter. Tested on 4x5, the stop markings make film exposure easy.
  7. Hacking my way into large format photography: £175, a 100-year-old lens, a Toyo 45C and a homemade lens board How I got into 4x5 large format photography for £175 by combining a 1920s Zeiss Tessar from a Camera Rescue outlet box with a £90 Toyo 45C from eBay.
  8. Intrepid 4x5 Mk IV review: a £250 field camera for portable large format Intrepid 4x5 Mk IV review: a £250 plywood field camera at a quarter of the weight of a monorail, with the trade-offs that come with that price.
  9. Large format photography in South Africa: a landscape I am actually proud of, and a smashed camera A Cradle Moon shoot with the Stenopeika 4x5 and a Busch Aplanat. Got a landscape frame I am proud of, then dropped the camera and broke it.
  10. Large format at Llancaut Church: a Wye Valley walk with the Intrepid 4x5 A 4x5 walk to the medieval ruins of Llancaut Church in the Wye Valley with the Intrepid, two sheets of film (Delta 100 and Ektar) and a Ricoh R1 in the bag.
  11. Narrative photography on 4x5: a man on the run with Ashley Robson and a 100-year-old Tessar First real outing for the 1920s Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 135mm on 4x5, a narrative shoot with Ashley Robson in Shaw Forest Park, and a fixer problem to solve.
  12. Black and white paper reversal: the technique that actually works Six shoots, dozens of test sheets, three findings. ISO 1.8 for paper reversal in UK winter light. Develop to completion. Yellow filters cost four stops.
  13. Stenopeika Air Force 4x5: a great first large format camera Eighteen months with one large format camera. A long-term review of the Stenopeika Air Force 4x5, the entry-level field camera I use for all my 4x5 work.
  14. Stenopeika Air Force 4x5 first impressions: my new large format field camera First impressions of the Stenopeika Air Force 4x5 from Samuele in Italy. Lovely build, clever zeroing tabs, comprehensive movements, good value.
  15. Stenopeika Caronte 4x5: the cypress-wood field camera Stenopeika's new Caronte 4x5 is a premium step up from the Air Force 4x5, with a Tuscan Cypress body and all-metal base. First impressions from the studio.
  16. Stenopeika Minutero 2.0: paper reversal at the kitchen table The Stenopeika Minutero 2.0 develops 4x5 black and white paper inside the holder itself, no darkroom needed. After one session it changed how I work.
  17. A Viking portrait shoot in a forest: 4x5 large format with a homemade costume A Viking themed character shoot in a forest, on the Toyo 4x5 with FP4 and Ektar plus a mystery Dallmeyer 8.5 inch lens that turned out to be a revelation.
  18. Can you shoot wildlife on a 4x5 view camera? Yes, but you shouldn't I tried wildlife on a 4x5 view camera at a South African game reserve. Technically possible. Practically nope. Here is why you should not bother.
  19. Zebra dry plate tintypes review: the affordable cousin of wet plate collodion Zebra dry plate tintypes give you wet plate collodion aesthetics without the wet workflow. Mixed first results and lessons learned for next time.