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As someone who is also looking to buy an iMac at some foreseeable point, why wouldn't one simply buy the base 1TB HD option and add on an external SSD and boot applications and OS from there? Isn't it more cost effective?

Because the exposure is evenly off across all the frames it's either under exposure on all the frames due to camera fault, but then I've never heard of a camera shutter being too fast due to its age -( I looked up rollei35 issues and they are all sticky shutter issues at slower speeds). And...

Is it possible that I exposed correctly and developed correctly but the film was expired and...well, really off? As I said it was mostly frozen but it went from England to Norway, was frozen, and then moved to Sweden, frozen, and then moved house a few times too. Within the space of 3 years or...

A-ha! Ok I understand now, thanks! The film leader was totally black. And then totally clear from the first frame. The black section on the top of the second row is just because I cut irregular number of frames and there was nothing there....Not very tidy of me I know!!! :/

Thanks Andrew, will have a look. Also Stephen, what are you talking about with size of change and one zone change? Didn't quite get that!

Ah now that's interesting - I was just following the instructions on Massive Dev chart, and also on my Paterson tank it is indeed 285ml required - which I round up to 300ml for easier measuring of water and chemicals.

Thanks for your replies - I am using a digital thermometer so unless thats actually broken I can't read it off wrong. Also about the water temperature, in Sweden hot water is literally instantaneous and the water that is coming out of the cold tap in my flat for some reason comes out slightly...

Yes- so used once and thrown away. So this was a fresh mix. If it was a development issue then it must have been a stupid mistake somewhere. So- just to check. When it says 1+1 and you need 300ml in total, then it's 150ml of the stock, and 150ml of water correct? And then it was at 20c - I used...

I made up the stock solution perhaps 2 1/2 weeks ago, kept it in one of those shrink-down bottles with the top screwed down right and with little air in as possible. It was totally clear. I made the 1:1 perhaps 10 mins before dev, to get it to the right temperature.

That's one thing I checked - the frame numbers are also pretty faint. So I'm pretty confused - also, I just checked my light meter app against two other apps too and they all read consistently the same. One thing that I read which leads me to believe it might be underexposure rather than...

Hi all, I recently developed my first film and was really pleased with the results - a roll of Tri-X in D-76 shot in an Leica M3. So, fast forward to today and I finished a roll of Kentmere 400 in a Rollei 35T which I inherited from my grandfather a while ago. Alas, the developed negs didn't...

Thanks all for your replies - I might have a look into doing some high quality scans and printing them myself, which means doing some research into B/W printers! Off I go! :D

Newbie question here: I recently developed my first film at home and am very pleased with the results. I scanned them using my V500, and am now wondering - if I want them some of the shots printed, I suppose it is cheaper to just print my scanned files, but better quality to get a camera shop...

I've had an R3A, and really enjoyed the 1:1 viewfinder in that camera - I sold it, as I inherited an M3. I did enjoy using the R3A with its humongous viewfinder and aperture priority option, but from my experience nothing beats the solid build of an M3. The M3 is a truly beautiful camera and it...

Those kind of cases all tend to break in my experience... At the corners they crack and eventually fall off. Although they are good for keeping away scratches and dents they won't protect it your computer from a fall so I found it annoying in the end to put the laptop with the plastic covers...