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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On our way back to New Orleans from Venice, we stopped at old Fort Jackson. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400

A black and white landscape of a riverbank with large trees draped in Spanish moss leaning over the calm water.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A shot from this spring in New York. Noblex 135 U Kodak Tri-X 400

Black and white panoramic view of an urban park with people walking on curved pathways, surrounded by trees and buildings, with a city skyline in the background.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sometimes I forget we have a stats interface to our repository. Looks like a pretty steady growth rate.

Dashboard showing 4,596,091 bags, 1.7 PB, and 520,157,339 files. A line chart illustrates steady growth in running totals from 2009 to 2026.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Tierra Amarilla Mountain View, Carson National Forest in New Mexico Linhof Technorama 617s III Kodak Gold 200

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm starting to work through the images I shot in Ireland in April. Fujifilm TX-1 (XPAN) Kodak Tri-X 400 #xpan #panorama #believeinfilm #filmphotography

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

We were out for 23 days on this one. We had a lovely time and getting out of the heat of Texas was a nice bonux.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Another 7,400 mile roadtrip completed without major incident.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Giant Eyeball - Dallas, Texas Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #noblex150 #noblex150u #kodaktrix #kodak

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Favorite: WARC Least favorite: PDF

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Also feels like: "we want your data to train or language models" ... our data

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"I don't think we have all those letters.... nobody will notice right?"

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

That's a great idea. There are quite a few limitations with just slapping it down on the glass with some tape. Next time you do some scanning I'd love a picture of your setup.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Sometimes you really have to stretch to fit the negative on the scanner. This is from a Roundshot 35/35s by Seitz

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"The increased resistance caused by the curved film path and internal rollers makes the process simultaneously tedious and harrowing" This is really a great description of the rewinding process for the Horizont and Noblex 135 (I haven't tried the widelux)

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hopefully it decided you were human in the end.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It has been a long time since I had the chance to walk through Central Park. This is from a trip I took to New York in March. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #noblex150 #noblex150u #kodaktrix #kodak

A wide-angle, black-and-white panoramic photograph of a park landscape, likely Central Park, during late autumn or winter. In the foreground, a rocky outcrop sits in the lower-left corner, throwing long shadows across a vast, grassy lawn covered with fallen leaves. Bare, leafless trees are scattered throughout the midground, framing a glimpse of a body of water and a distant bridge in the center. A lone individual walks across the open field near a small shrub. In the far background, the silhouettes of city buildings and high-rises rise above the tree line under a clear sky.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've always liked taking photos of these tire shops when I visit Brooklyn. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #noblex150 #noblex150u #kodaktrix #kodak

A black and white photograph of an urban street corner showing a closed tire shop with graffiti-covered roll-down gates. Numerous tall stacks of black car tires are lined up along the sidewalk directly in front of the shop. A white van is parked on the street adjacent to the tires, and a graffitied utility box sits in the foreground on the left. Bare trees and city buildings are visible down the street in the background.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’d like to try a Leica rangefinder sometime. Also a week with an ULF setup would be fun.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

On my last day in New York I had some time to kill before heading to the airport. Here are some shots from Industry City in Brooklyn. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #noblex150 #noblex150u #kodaktrix #kodak

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Had a chance to take the Horseman sw612 out for a spin. With the 45mm lens and the 6x7 back, both of which I don’t use that much.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A couple of months back I had a chance to walk around downtown Dallas a bit, here is one of those photos. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #TeamHorizon

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

New lens means backyard pictures after dinner. Schneider Kreuznach 58mm f/5.6 Super-Angulon XL #largeformat

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This is a really great shot. That movement in the frame is so unique.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I think this worked out pretty well with a curved window and the Noble swinging lens. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #believeinfilm

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I had some free time and wanted to shoot the 8x10 so I figured the hallway hats would work. Wehman 8x10 Nikon 150mm f/8 Nikkor-SW Ilford FP4+ f22 @ 3 min #largeformat

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I’ve always been a fan of ultra-wide views. Naturally when I started with 8x10 I was on the quest for the widest I could reasonably go on the Wehman. I think 110mm is where I landed. Wehman 8x10 Schneider 110mm f/5.6 Super-Symmar XL Ilford Ortho Plus f32 @ 2 sec #largeformat

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@johnfar.com here is a comparison I did last summer.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The light wasn’t great but I had committed to myself I was going to shoot something with the 8x10 so here it is. Wehman 8x10 Fujifilm 300mm f/8.5 Fujinon C Ilford FP4+ f32 @ 1/30 sec #largeformat

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I was “XPAN is my one and only” until I started to shoot the swing lens cameras and I’m currently about that same shooting ratio with the Noblex vs XPAN. Just such a different look.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I always enjoy these comparison shots. That widelux sure is wide.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I see these two trees on my run and thought they would make for a nice picture. Wehman 8x10 Fujifilm 450mm f/12.5 Fujinon C Ilford Ortho Plus f32 @ 1/8 sec

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Can't forget some lemma conversions

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It has been a while since I've worked on some metadata quality interfaces. I'm currently playing around with keyword interfaces.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Little guy this morning. Noblex 135u

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I forget that this guy gets me more attention from people while walking around the city than most of the other cameras I shoot.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I agree. These Wehman cameras were unique.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

At least the time change means after dinner photos are possible. Wehman 8x10 Rodenstock 210mm f/5.6 Apo-Sironar-W #largeformat

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Remembering that time when I picked up 25 rolls of Provia 100F for 4.25 a roll. Man 2018 was wild.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Haha you would have way more experience with that than we do down here in Texas!

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Thinking about Stuart Klipper working with a Linhof 617 in the future polar regions. I’m barely able to reload film and it’s just 15 f outside.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

From March 2025 outside the National Gallery of Art - East Building Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400 #believeinfilm

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Haha absolutely. It is over before you know it.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Shot a roll with this guy today. Linhof Technorama 617S III Schneider‑Kreuznach 110mm Super‑Symmar XL

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Because folks like pictures of cameras and lenses, at least I know I do, here is another from yesterday. This time a Fujinon-C 450mm f/12.5 on the Wehman 8x10.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Giving the Schneider Super-Symmar XL 110mm f/5.6 a try on the Wehman 8x10. We will see how this turns out.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oh I really like this one. Nice job.

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I enjoyed watching these two birds flying in the distance. This is on US 87 near Des Moines New Mexico. It is one of my favorite drives. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak TriX 400

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Mark E. Phillips @vphill.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Grand Teton National Park from this past summer. Noblex Pro 06/150u Kodak Gold 200

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