Slow Light

Notes on film cameras, darkroom evenings and long walks.

Stand development, three months in

Rodinal at 1+100, one hour, a single gentle inversion at the half. The negatives come out softer than I expected, and I have started to like it.

Fixing a dim rangefinder patch

The beam splitter on my old Canonet had lost most of its silvering. A strip of half-mirror film brought it back for the price of a coffee.

Winter light in Stockholm

At three in the afternoon the sun is already sliding behind the rooftops of Södermalm. Everything turns amber for twenty minutes, and then it is evening.