PHOTON

August 1995


Stone's Walls
Peter Stone is a freelance photographer based in Bath, England. This portfolio presents a very personal view of London - about as far from the Buck House and Beefeater tourist view as you can get...
The clash of the Titans!
Andy Aitken pitched the world's most expensive and exclusive titanium-bodied 35mm AF compact cameras against each other - the original Contax T2, the recent Nikon 35Ti, and the brand new Leica Minilux
Converted to Delta 100
Derek Watkins used to use Ilford's FP4 film and little else. Now he has switched to their new-generation Delta 100, and explains why
The Jaffeux Colorvir kit
Jon Tarrant tests the French-manufactured Colorvir toning and dyeing system invented by Pierre Jaffeux, using it on conventional mono RC prints and also on Agfa Scala 200 mono slide film
The Lasergraphics LFR III film recorder
With costs of slide and negative 'writers' for PC and Mac graphics files falling rapidly, we test an 8,000 line recorder capable of imaging a large Photoshop image in a couple of minutes
Precision in the Darkroom
Les McLean tests a British made f-stop enlarger timer, and adds a few words about the accurate Peak focusing aid ($250 for a magnifier?) and a bench-mounted twin static removal brush
The Epson GT8500 30-bit desktop scanner
Breaking the price barriers in Britain and Europe, Epson's GT8500 is as fast as a Scantouch, offers the same nomimal 30-bit depth, and has comprehensive software control
Electronic imaging news
Richard's round-up of press news from the computer and digital imaging field
Bray E-Series and Midget processors
A pair of British-made benchtop film processors, these machines work in daylight, use no spiral reels, and process either E-6 or color neg film dry-to-dry working from a standard AC power point