Thank you, Scott. The developing sounds like something I could perhaps do. The darkroom sounds more involved (and costly). Adam says his bathroom is too small for printing, and so he scans and prints digitally. Do you do likewise? I would be able to make nice prints with a dedicated film scanner?
Thanks, Glen On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > Glen Tortorella wrote: >> Thank you very much, Scott. I have been wanting to try developing my >> own prints, but I have feared doing so. I tend to be a >> perfectionist, and I fear disappointment. I do not have the >> equipment, either. What would I need? It would be great to have >> someone show me the correct way of doing it... >> >> Regards, >> Glen >> >> > You don't need a darkroom. I process mine at the kitchen sink in > broad > daylight. You will need a changing bag (get the largest you can > afford), a daylight tank, chemicals (developer, stop bath, fixer, > fixer > remover, and a rinse agent), bottles to store the chemicals in once > you > mix them, and some graduated containers for measuring the > chemicals. A > darkroom thermometer is good to have, too. A lot of people use > darkroom > timers. A cheap stop watch works fine for me. I typically buy Kodak > chemicals because that's what the local shops carry. But if you > have a > look at the B&H web site, or freestyle photo or digitaltruth.com > you'll > find plenty of options. My recommendation is to keep it simple. > Buy a > general purpose developer like D-76, Rodinal or HC-110 and stick > with it > until you get the hang of things. I don't believe the rest of the > chemicals really affect the appearance of your photos, so just use > whatever you can get. > > Beyond developing, you'll need some way to present your photos. If > you're up to building a darkroom, you'll need an enlarger and a > bunch of > other stuff. On the other hand, you can get flat bed scanners with > film > carriers or used dedicated film scanners fairly cheap. Either will > work > fine with black and white film. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
