A cheap light table
An LED panel meant for video, a sheet of opal acrylic and some felt tape. It is finally even enough to judge negatives without squinting.
Field Notes
Film photography, darkroom chemistry and long walks.
Scanning without a scanner
A macro lens, a copy stand and a lot of patience. The results beat the flatbed and the workflow is faster than I feared.
Stand development, revisited
After a summer of pushing HP5 to 1600 I went back to semi-stand development in diluted Rodinal. Shadows hold up better than I expected and the grain is honest.
Fixer exhaustion, measured
I finally started logging how many rolls go through a litre of fixer. The clip test lies less than my memory does.