https://nozen.se/Recent content on nozenseHugoen-usTue, 01 Sep 2026 09:31:51 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/trying-more-manual-and-bought-a-new-camera/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:31:51 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/trying-more-manual-and-bought-a-new-camera/More manual on the EOS 300 So I'm trying to learn to meter more intuitively and how to use the manual controls of my cameras better. To that end I've started shooting more in manual mode and trying out different metering systems/schools/thoughts. Getting more clouds I have tried to meter for the sky …black-and-whitephotos35mmcamerashttps://nozen.se/posts/converting-the-commandline-way/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:31:06 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/converting-the-commandline-way/So, Darktable and all that is fine if you want great results in your digital scans - my aim is the darkroom. To that end I've decided to have a scaled back routine for my digital scans to stay close to what can easily be done in the darkroom. I also need the process to be quick and simple - I …https://nozen.se/posts/better-negatives-in-darktable/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/better-negatives-in-darktable/Revised, better, simpler, faster way to work with Black & White negatives in Darktable During a couple of development / scanning cycles I've been less than satisfied with the result from my scans - so I started to revise my Darktable methods. With the help of an AI-agent, yes I use AI when it feels …black-and-whitedarktablescanninghttps://nozen.se/posts/moving-again/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:35:01 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/moving-again/Time to move again! from Publii I have nothing against Publii, the reason to move has more to do with the workflow, i felt very restricted being forced to work in a desktop app. to Hugo [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) is a fast framework to build static sites, it's been around forever and seems stable. …randomsitehttps://nozen.se/posts/red-filter/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/red-filter/Tried my hand at shooting with Red Filter, that is Ilfords HP5 plus in Lomography Lomo MC-A shot at ISO 1600 with a Tamron Red Filter. I set the camera to overexpose by two stops ( I know that counters the ISO setting but that is how I choose to do it 🤓). The exposures came out a bit over exposed so …black-and-whitephotos35mmhttps://nozen.se/posts/more-pushing-hp5/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/more-pushing-hp5/Another roll of Ilford HP5 Plus pushed to ISO 1600 in my Lomography Lomo MC-A developed with Adox Rodinal at 1/25 concentration for 12 minutes.black-and-whitephotos35mmhttps://nozen.se/posts/pushing-ilford-hp5-and-rodinal/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/pushing-ilford-hp5-and-rodinal/Did my first try of pushing film, pushing Ilford HP5 plus to ISO 1600 - from box-speed of 400. Hoping for some of those punchy results I see online and maybe a bit better handling of the Swedish dark winter lighting. I developed the film in Adox Rodinal 1/25 for 12 minutes. I usually use 1/50 …black-and-whitephotos35mmdevelopmenthttps://nozen.se/posts/black-and-white-negatives-in-darktable/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/black-and-white-negatives-in-darktable/> IMPORTANT This method is not what I use now, check out [Better negatives in Darktable]() Darktable can be quite confusing but it is open source and free so I'll stick with it! Here's my process for converting scanned 35mm black and white negatives using negadoctor - this is very bare bones and not …black-and-whitedarktablehttps://nozen.se/posts/scanning-negatives/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/scanning-negatives/I scan all my negatives myself using my digital camera. The cheap LED I started out using a small led light, JJC FDA-LED1, to back-light my negatives and take photos using my Canon EOS R50 with a RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM. The LED-light thing was doing it’s job but I have replaced it. I want …black-and-whitephotos35mmscanninghttps://nozen.se/posts/another-roll-through-negadoctor/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/another-roll-through-negadoctor/This roll is scanned brighter than my previous rolls (6 of 10 brightness on the JCC led). This time I used a lot of the auto-features in darktable/negadoctor on the first frame and then used that preset on all of the negatives. This approach seems to do quite well, not really the result I am looking …black-and-whitephotos35mmdarktablescanninghttps://nozen.se/posts/wordpress-to-publii/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/wordpress-to-publii/After just a few posts it's clear to me that wordpress is way more than i need. I'll try out [Publii](https://getpublii.com/) and hope that is more in line with my needs! Publii sites I've visited seems A LOT faster than even my barebones wordpress, the application it self is sleek and easy - and …randomcmssitehttps://nozen.se/posts/darktable-negadoctor-and-a-roll/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/darktable-negadoctor-and-a-roll/I use Darktable for all my RAW-editing, it, as well as photography as a whole, is a new thing – thus I’m not very good, but learning. The roll here is a Kodak Tri-X 400 shot with the Lomo MC-A. The images in the first gallery are edited the way I thought it was supposed to be done. The photos in the …black-and-whitephotos35mmdarktablehttps://nozen.se/posts/lomo-mc-a/Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/lomo-mc-a/Got bitten by the film-bug and went and bought myself a camera. [Lomography](https://www.lomography.com/) has recently released a new film camera for 35mm that looks like (and acts like) a point & shot – but it comes with a lot of settings not normally found on such. The Lomo MC-A is very expensive …black-and-whitephotos35mmlomographyhttps://nozen.se/posts/first-ever-black-and-white/Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/first-ever-black-and-white/This was the first roll of Black and White film i ever developed myself, using the Ilford simplicity chemistry that came with the Paterson tank/kit. Its shot with a Canon Prima AF-7 – A point and shot camera with little to no settings. The images came out perfectly and a quick edit in Darktable …black-and-whitephotos35mmhttps://nozen.se/posts/hello_world/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:48:41 +0200https://nozen.se/posts/hello_world/dlroW olleHrandom