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A Camera Large Enough to Live In

A Camera Large Enough to Live In

Dennis Manarchy seeks to capture these “Vanishing Cultures” before they disappear, using his handmade 35′ long, 12′ tall, and 8′ wide camera, whose bellows and body resemble an old view camera.

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Flatbed Slide, Negative Scanning Using Cut and Fold Adapter

Flatbed Slide, Negative Scanning Using Cut and Fold Adapter

Really cool low-cost trick from our very own Andrew Lewis over on CRAFT. Cut the adapter from silver card stock and position it over the slide or negative to be scanned on the bed of a regular flat-bed scanner. The scan is taken with the lid open (obviously), and negatives can then be inverted and touched-up at the software level.

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Skill Builder: Caffenol Homebrew Film Developer

Skill Builder: Caffenol Homebrew Film Developer

Only recently did I find out that you can develop negative film with instant coffee, vitamin C, and washing soda. This homebrew developer has become known as “caffenol” and there are plenty of photographers out there who have used this method in the darkroom. I read up on a few different recipes and tried my […]

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Homemade Minox Film Developing Tank

Homemade Minox Film Developing Tank

If you’ve got one of these classic spy-cameras and are interested in developing your own pictures from it, instead of paying through the nose to have a specialist do it, you may be interested in this simple DIY method from MAKE pal Alan Dove.

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