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Hello from Manchester
Phew, it's good to be here after several years in the digital underworld. I began my photography as a teenager during the 1970s. It became a passion. Practikas and a Yashica 35CC when I was at school and uni, a Pentax with my first proper pay packet, followed eventually by Leica Ms. Along the way a few medium format cameras came and went. I photographed all sorts of things: a few weddings, theatrical productions, portraits, personal travel photos, etc. My darkroom in the cellar was a busy place. However, pixel popping seemed so much easier than making up chemicals, exposing test strips, washing prints, etc., so my darkroom was simpy left with the enlarger shrouded in polythene. Recently I bought an iPhone. Oh my, this was digital in extremis. I loved the ease with which I could obtain naff quality, particularly with the Hipastamatic app. Oddly, though, this inspired me toward the complete opposite: I picked up my Rolleiflex F, cleaned up my darkroom, rubbed down corroded electrical contacts, and got back on the road to superb medium format quality. So hello everybody, I'm back in the real world basking under the safelight and dabbling my fingers in the fixer!
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Welcome back Rob and to fadu.
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Cheers, Barry |
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Welcome back to the wet world which you are bound to enjoy.
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Hi Rob
Pleased to see you converting back to film. Whereabouts are you based? Neil |
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Hi Rob,
Welcome to Fadu, and welcome back to the dark arts of real black and white photography, looking forward to your input and to seeing some of your work Richard
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Hi Rob and welcome to FADU. Well done for having the foresight to "mothball" your darkroom. Great analogue camera progression as well. A bit like moving from humble newspaper seller to becoming Lord Thompson of Fleet
Mike |
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Welcome to FADU Rob, I'm sure you will enjoy yourself here.
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Cheers Vincent - Not afraid of the dark |
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welcome to FADU, Rob, this is a good place to be, and useful to.
Peter |
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Hi welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it.
Ian
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