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Back to the Kitchen Darkroom...

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Yesterday, to the Necropolis with Molly and the dog. Snapped 2 rolls of Kentmere 400. I need to work on finding good compositions, but I did find one as we were leaving: a Victorian man's head on a pillar. He looked a lot like Karl Marx. But the best thing about him was the steam from the brewery just behind him. I need to go back alone and think more about how to frame him. AND do some research on photographing steam as a background.  I dev'd one roll just now, and I'm waiting for it to dry. Meanwhile, retrieved a box of Loersch sheets for 35mm from a dusty corner of the flat, and I'm starting a new folder. Next task: get a decent but affordable neg scanner.  I realised yesterday that my new camera bag really won't do. It has a single shoulder strap, and the F4 being heavy, it's really uncomfortable to carry around. So I need to rehabilitate a rucksack type bag currently on top of the wardrobe. This will also help to blend-in when photographing on the streets, ...
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Chemistry and books

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It's fairly easy to get colour film developed, not so black and white. So I've located all of my old chemistry (see table), Anchell's Darkroom Cookbook, and my faithful Paterson tank, and I'm ready to dev a roll or two of Kentmere in the next few days. Getting them scanned or properly printed is another matter. Sodium Thiosulphate Sodium Sulphite Anhydrous Kodak SB8 stop Citric acid Kodak D23 Sodium  Carbonate  2nd bath Hydroquinone Sodium  Metabisulphite Metol Sodium  Carbonate  Light anhydrous Borax Sodium  Tetraborate  Decahydrate  Potassium  Bromide Meanwhile, I managed to get a copy of Jacobson et al's Manual of Photography. It's the 8th edition, so published in 1988, the year the F4 hit the streets. It's very technical, but leavened with a diet of YouTube videos. 
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Understanding cycles/mm

  https://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF.html
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Summer reconnaissance for Winter light trails #1

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  M8, looking west, by the Infirmary. 
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Every Day’s a School Day with a Nikon F4 #3

 Th F4 has lain in a box, under the bed, for 5 years or so. I hauled it out last weekend. I’d forgotten what an impressive bit of kit it is, but I’d also forgotten what the intimidating range of dials and switches all did, exactly. The manual wasn’t in the box, or anywhere else I could see, but I was able to get one on eBay for £1.16 plus postage, and I sat down with the camera and manual all day yesterday. Today, I’m swotting up on auto focussing with some help from Fstoppers . 
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I'm going to repair old cameras when I retire (355 days and counting)

Buy an old camera described as "spares or repair" on eBay or at a car-boot, do it up, put a couple of rolls through it, flog it on for a modest profit. That's the plan. I'm indebted to Richard Haw for his site on this topic . 
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Dermestidae?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae?wprov=sfti1# The wee blighters!
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