Brendan,this is my next quest.To B(&W) or not to B(&W) Dave<g> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Darkroom: Enlarger Question
> Developing B&W is fairly easy, the hard part is > handling the finishe > negs and not scratching them or keeping dust off of > them.This is the > part I need to master still. > > --- Chris Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > Hi Chris ... > > > > > > Keep it simple, good, and inexpensive - an El > > Nikkor 50/2.8 is a very > > > fine "starter" lens. They are generally quite good > > optically, and they > > > are common, which makes finding a good example > > relatively easy and > > > fairly inexpensive. It's also good enough to make > > larger prints. > > > > > > As for an enlarger, there are two ways to look at > > a first purchase. One > > > way is to buy something inexpensive and simple, to > > use while you're > > > learning, until you know what you want to do in > > the darkroom. At that > > > point you'll have a good idea of the features > > you'd want in an enlarger, > > > how big you'd like to print, and the formats that > > might be of interest. > > > > > > The other is to spend some money and buy an > > enlarger that you can grow > > > into. Beselers, Omegas, Saunders, some Dursts, > > are all common brands > > > with good reputations that offer good quality. > > > > > > So, first decide how you want to proceed, then > > look in those areas. > > > > I guess it depends on what the pockets can afford :) > > I am going to try to > > process some of my first b&w negs (Tmax 100) this > > weekend, I have to get a > > tank, reel, and chem. I have a thermometer, I think > > that is all i need. > > > > The lens lengths confused me, I saw a lot of 50mm so > > I assumed those were > > the "Standard" to start with. I am not sure how they > > relate to the > > printing process. > > > > I am going to wait another week or so before I get > > ready to buy an > > enlarger. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > - Chris > > > > > > -- > > Chris Murray /"\ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON > > CAMPAIGN > > http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST > > HTML MAIL > > Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > > To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > > Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > > http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > File your taxes online! http://taxes.yahoo.ca > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
