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Equipment needed for a darkroom
Hi everybody,
My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
"Torchiest" wrote:
Hi everybody, My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! Designing your own darkroom work environment is great fun. Let *her* do it! She is the one who knows what type of enlarger she likes, what kind of chemical trays she likes, etc. etc. etc. If you go out and select whatever is recommended here, you'll very likely come up with a very nice setup... but unless you ask *her* what she wants, it won't be the *right* setup for her. You might get loads of ideas here, and make up a couple of lists of possible items... and then pop the idea on her and ask her which ones to go for. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
Start out with an enlarger (with timer, lens, negative carriers), a couple
trays, a paper developer and fixer, and a safelight. That will get you started. Then you will figure out what else you need. Not everybody needs a fully decked out darkroom. I'm a minimalist and I do fine. I did however eventually get myself a small dry-mount press... Hi everybody, My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
"Torchiest" wrote:
My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Oy! As if you need yet another reason she's in the bathroom for so long! |
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On 25 Nov 2006 11:09:53 -0800, "Torchiest"
wrote: My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Here ya go ! http://cgi.ebay.com/OMEGA-B-22-ENLAR...QQcmdZViewItem Just add a safelight and she's ready for B-&-W developing and printing. If she would like color then consider : http://cgi.ebay.com/OMEGA-PRO-LAB-B6...QQcmdZViewItem Personally I'd steer her away from color. It works but it's not nearly as much fun as B-&-W. Another considering is space. If you're tight on space or just want something you don't have to setup/teardown much and she's using RC papers anyway, then look at the Nova "processors". They're really just dip-'n'dunk tanks. Unfortunately I see that both Calumet and B-&-H no longer carry them. They are available direct at : http://www.novadarkroom.com/mjb_pop/index.html == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster Legacy-photo.com - Xs750.net |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
I've just blocked off most of the light and waited for nightime. You need
more room than a bathroom. Ray "Torchiest" wrote in message ups.com... Hi everybody, My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
"Torchiest" wrote in message ups.com... Hi everybody, My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! Check out The Darkroom Handbook by Micheal Langford. TTFN |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
Torchiest a écrit : Hi everybody, My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! I too suggest you ask *her* what she wants. A good book on darkroom building: "The New Darkroom Handbook, Second Edition" by Joe DeMaio, Roberta Worth, Dennis Curtin - Focal Press (ISBN: 0240802608) http://minilien.com/?vODY3ekCcY There are various examples of setups in small places (toilets, bathrooms, etc ...) and many tips to make such darkrooms operational despite the limited space. Claudio Bonavolta http://www.bonavolta.ch |
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Equipment needed for a darkroom
1. Digital photos do NOT need a darkroom or an enlarger. They are not
made on film, but in memory, and the lens and camera determine the 'quality and enlargement' capability of the image. 2. FILM, such as 35mm, is NOT digital, and does need to be developed, and then the prints need to be created, via an enlarger, in a darkroom. To develop the film, the chemicals, a light proof transfer bag and a film tank for the film itself. I have one for roll film and another for sheet film up to 4*5" in size in storage. To develop prints, trays and the correct chemicals, AND a very good timer, OR, for colour prints, the correct 'rolling' tank into which chemicals are poured, the tank rotated to develop the image, then the chemical is poured out and replaced by the next chemical, etc. If using variable contrast print paper, the correct filters to use with the enlarger to get the various contrasts you want out of the paper. The print paper and the correct chemicals for that print paper. A fine electronic scale accurate to .01 of a gram if you are going to mix your own chemicals, or need to, as the mixes disappear from the market. To expose paper in the enlarger, the enlarger, the correct size lens for the enlarger and the size prints you want to make, and a good timer that the enlarger gets plugged into. I recommend Greylab, and have one of those as well. Also needed is at least one good thermometer, as temperature control is vital for colour, and nice to use for black and white. Most solutions work best at specific temperatures. I've had a full darkroom with a durst 606 enlarger, greylab timer, variable contrast filters, tanks, etc. packed away for years... Too hard to set it up and take it down... FWIW RsH ------------------------------------------------------------ On 25 Nov 2006 11:09:53 -0800, "Torchiest" wrote: Hi everybody, My girlfriend is a photographer, and I want to buy her all the equipment she would need to set up a darkroom in our bathroom. Unforunately, I don't know a lot about photography and darkrooms. I've done research, and "helped" her develop a set of prints once, so I know the basics. What I've been looking for, and unable to find, is a clear, concise list of exactly what all the equipment I'd need to buy for a basic setup would be. I know I need some tanks or trays to hold the chemicals, an enlarger, and the chemicals themselves, but I'm sure there's more, both in terms of equipment and parts of equipment. If anyone could either give me such a list, or point me towards one, and or make specific recommendations about which brands to buy, I would be extremely grateful! |
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