Your 10 minutes away come on down and b(&w), I'm actually quite facinated in how macros look in b&w.
--- David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 . > ______________________________________________________________________ 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 .