SLOW ROLL 400

Slow Roll

Notes on film photography, home developing and walking with one camera.

  1. Pushing HP5 to 1600 on a grey afternoon

    What two stops of push actually buys you when the light is flat and fading by four o’clock.

  2. My kitchen-table darkroom

    Everything I use to develop black and white film at home, and what I would skip if I were starting again.

  3. One lens for a whole weekend

    Leaving the zoom and the wide angle at home, and what that did to the way I walked.

  4. Replacing the light seals on an OM-1

    My OM-1 started leaking light along the film edge. Here is how the repair went.

  5. Why I scan my own negatives

    Lab scans are convenient. Here is why I stopped paying for them anyway.

  6. Shooting Portra 400 into the sun

    Flare, latitude and why I meter for the shadows on colour negative film.