Brandes ‘superior’ BBC headphones from c 1945
A look at a pair of Brandes headphones from about 1945 which were used by my Father for most of his life.
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Joseph Baker single valve radio c1922
This post features a radio receiver or wireless which was made in about 1922 by a manufacturer in the town where I grew up
8mm film quality compared to VHS-C tape.
This post compares the quality of VHS-C video tape to that obtained with 8mm home movie film.
Building an 8mm Telecine machine – Part 1
This is the first part of a series which may take several months to complete, but which I hope will eventually describe the process I’ve used to build an 8mm telecine machine from an old Eumig dual format projector.
The “Boy’s book of Photography” review.
I’ve written many posts about vintage cameras on this site, but this is something a little bit different – it’s a review of a book – the Boy’s book of Photography.
Using IR scans to remove marks from colour slides with Silverfast.
This is just a short post which covers using the Infra Red scanning capabilities of the Epson flat bed scanners to identify and remove marks and dirt from colour slides during scanning.
An idea for an 8mm telecine machine
An idea I had to convert an old 8mm film editor into a telecine machine.
Collecting colour slides
I’ve long had a fascination for old pictures which I find in vintage cameras and I’ve added several posts on this site featuring pictures I’ve found on cameras I’ve acquired from eBay.
Slide duplication v Slide scanning
This post discusses the merits of using a slide duplicator to make digital copies of colour slides rather than a scanner.
Processing scanned 35 mm slides in Lightroom and Photoshop
This is a post describing the steps I’ve taken to try to correct some colour casts and exposure problems with 35mm colour slides.
Daylight film developing with a vintage Agfa Rondinax 35u
In this post I talk about my experiences of developing film in an Agfa Rondinax 35u Daylight developing Tank – sometimes also known as the Agfa Rodinax.
Vintage photography – printing your own pictures
A short post describing the process of printing photographs using the traditional chemical process.