MIDTONE MACHINES Photographic film processing for the 21st century Real Meat and Potatoes Stuff Now that we have an understanding of our requirements it's time to get down to business and do some system design work. This post is...
Who doesn't enjoy a tasty pie chart?
In order to better determine what the market wants/needs in a film processing machine I distributed a basic questionnaire to a number of people in my target audience (small commercial labs/people who develop...
Cliche but I think it's an accurate sentiment when it comes to most things, engineering especially. It's very rare that something truly new emerges from the wild, most of what people would associate with innovation or progress is the summation of...
Welcome to Midtone Machines, my name is Andrew Burns, a rocket propulsion engineer with a passion for film photography. I've started this blog to allow you to follow along with the development of my as-yet unnamed project, and hopefully so that...
Ilford makes Delta 3200 B&W film in both 35mm and 120 formats. This post compares the two formats shot with the same settings and similar focal lengths.
We love the look of both but there’s a noticeable difference when it comes to the grain...
It's an interesting thing returning to an old camera after not having shot with it for a while. Usually it is setup just as you last left it, just now perhaps with a slight dust layer on it. If you are at all like myself, who's had been sitting...
The basic unit with the connection lead for a hot shoe. Fittings are supplied for Lomo cameras. The rubber band and luminium plate are for universal fitting to an SLR. The unit is attached to a Pra…
First month with the SQ-Ai - so far, my favourite medium-format camera. I currently have three lenses, the Zenzanon PS 80mm f2.8, PS 110mm Macro, PS 40mm wide-angle. This camera is just fun to use, and gives great images, alt…
The last two weekends, I’ve been teaching an Intro to Platinum/Palladium Printing class. In the past, I’ve only taught it from film negatives, but this time I did it with a module on ma…
In 2017 Stephen Dowling, a Soviet camera aficionado, decided to release his own film called Kosmo Foto Mono. The 35mm film is a 100 ISO black and white stock that is a pre-existing emulsion from a …
Shooting portraits with a large format after many years, proved to be a great and worthy experience. A 50 years old Sinar Norma view camera, still being able to produce wonderful photos.
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