Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!smith From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Beginner's Darkroom - (nf) Message-ID: <264@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 21:13:01 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.264 Posted: Sun Jun 5 21:13:01 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 21:27:15 EDT Lines: 25 #R:hogpd:-2800:umn-cs:9000006:000:1082 umn-cs!smith Apr 13 10:45:00 1983 In building a darkroom, it's probably best if you divide the problem into two parts: negatives and prints. Also, there's a lot of small stuff that might be useful or time-saving that you can live without to begin with. I'll just talk about negatives, since the whole story would take too long for now. o A developing tank. In hopes of kicking off a big argument, I'll flatly state that steel reels are best. I've used plastics, and don't like them. They change temprature slowly, they're hard to dry off, and are usually built so you have to use semi-automatic threading that never works. When in high school I spent a couple of days carrying around a steel reel and a length of spoiled film to teach myself how to load one. It's easy to do with practice. o Some timekeeping device. A watch with a second hand will work fine. Your best bet is to get one of those books on starting a darkroom that lurk in every photo and book store. Also, remember that most 'darkroom equipment' costs more than the same thing sold for kitchen use in Woolworth's. Rick.