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Marion & Co. Ltd 12×10 View Camera
Last year, after a patient search, I bought a 12×10 view camera. It needed a bit of a fix up before it could be used – it was rather stiff, needed a ground... READ MORE
Building a Large Wet Plate Rack to Hold 10×8 and 12×10
Over the next weeks and months I will try to post some pictures and stories about the various projects I have been completing in my upgrade to making 10×8 wet plates. There are... READ MORE
Polaroid 405 Instant Film Back
12th August 2015 – Another old post I didn’t get round to publishing. This one is from September 2013!! (I’m not a very good blogger) I recently acquired a Polaroid 405 back that... READ MORE
Kodak 5×4 Dip & Dunk Tanks and Hangers
12th August 2015 – Here’s a post from October that I didn’t find the time to quite publish! Ages ago I bought a pair of old, beautiful, ceramic Kodak tanks and three 5×4... READ MORE
Silver Gelatin Print from an Ambrotype
Ever since I overexposed an Ambrotype I’ve wondered how well it would perform as a negative, mounted in the DeVere 54. So I finally got round to knocking up a holder from cardboard... READ MORE
Wet Plate Collodion – My First Few Solo Plates
Since starting wet plate collodion at home I have made a total of 13 plates (including the failures / test exposures). Here are all of my scanned plates below. It’s vital to get... READ MORE