That's too bad!

[Brenton W. Cooper]

Okay...I'm a newbe here but what, no one works in the darkroom any longer?

If I'm loading 4x5 sheet film in my lisco holders I have a black dark double zipped bag that is light tight, so I consider that a darkroom.

I sometimes still go into the bathroom at night after I have prepped all the windows with black paper and hand load a couple of stainless steel reels with Ilford pan film and drop them in the double hand tank adding D-76 and process them. Stop Bath and Fixer baths.
And hang them up to dry.

All I need is the negs and then they'll be scanned into the 'puter with the Espon Perfection Scan 4870. So I'm doing something in the darkroom. Wish I had room for the Besseler 23C enlarger that sits in the garage. Guess no one else is, but that's okay. Long-live digital!

 

[Pete Askew]

Some of certainly do!

Devere 507 with Split Grade Head from Heiland Elektronik, Ilford 2150 for RC and trays etc for FB.

Only B&W and alternative these days. Colour is all digital.

 

[Brenton W. Cooper]

Sweet Pete! Really I thought so, I just saw an empty space and wanted to fill it in! Wish I had your set-up...really nice! Would love to soak my hands in Dektol again. When RC paper came out I thought that fad would not last long. Wrongo there too! Good double-weight fiber-based paper is very expensive on this side of the pond! Now I'm confined to special labs, just like Kodachrome that's almost gone! Just finding a good price for new ND filters, the prices are crazy! Especially for anything around 72mm on up!

 

[Pete Askew]

I know what you mean Brenton. I tend to work prints up on RC and then do final prints on FB - not always though, especially if they are going to hang for just a short while. Luckily Ilford are still going strong and, if anything, their business is growing. The Alternative Process community is also pretty active.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Me barry and Robert all develop our own b&w film and the room Barry is moving into has a pair of durst b&w enlargers

 

[Brenton W. Cooper]

How about drum dryers, does anyone use them across the waves! I knew a wav once she was real nice to me!

 

[Pete Askew]

My print processors are dry to dry and I have roller dryer for toned RC. But for fibre I use drying racks (under the sink o the right but you can't see them easily) although I do have old dryer / glazer that I've never used. Never used a drum dryer though.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's just nuts Pete - fantastically well prepped space, looks like you have it well dialed in.

I just couldn't do it any more - I love my digital workflow

 

[Pete Askew]

Yes digital has lots of appeals but when you work all day using a computer as well, the art of darkroom practice is a huge relief. And as soon as you start, you remember why!