Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-07-01 Thread brooksdj
That being said,Brendan Bhagan has a tool he says really sucks up the dust.He uses a hair dressers tool for fluffing hair(and is static)He told me it really pulls dust from the negative. I just dont remember what type it was or were he bought it.(I want one too) Brendan,you out there.:) Dave

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-07-01 Thread Lon Williamson
For scanning you are also gonna need a big blower brush or canned air or antistatic cloth or antistatic brush. Dust is amazing when scanning. Christopher Comer wrote: Hey everyone, I ordered a film scanner on the cheap and I would like to put together a pseudo darkroom. I'd like to be able

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-06-30 Thread Tonghang Zhou
This is exactly what I'm thinking of doing too. B&W has the advantage that you can use very fast film and do the pushing yourself. B&W negatives are also easier to discern than color negatives IMHO. I read some B&W books lately, it seems quite easy to do just the processing part. Color film, o

OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-06-30 Thread "Mike Ignatiev"
Don't be cheap and get (stainless) Hewes reels (e.g from Adorama). I have learned the lesson the hard way, ruining a few rolls, complaining to the world how stainless reels suck, then, buying one of these beauties -- and I have never been happier. Loading a Hewes 35mm reel is completely fool-p

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-06-30 Thread Bill Owens
> 6.) Something to hold the film while it's drying. I've found nothing > better than simple clothespins > use one to clip the top of the film to a thin metal or wooden rod, string, > anything that will hold the > weight and clip another to the free end so that the film will hang straight. I use c

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-06-30 Thread Peter Alling
What you need, 1) Developing tank with reels, (or reel). I'm partial to stainless steel they're a bit more difficult to learn to use but you'll never find yourself with film binding because there's moisture or crud in the channels. 2.) A couple of graduated cylinders to measure chemicals. I h

Re: OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-06-30 Thread gfen
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Christopher Comer wrote: > I ordered a film scanner on the cheap and I would like > to put together a pseudo darkroom. I'd like to be able to > develop b&w film and then scan the neg. into the computer for > manipulation. I think all I need is a developing tank and This

OT: Barebones Darkroom

2003-06-30 Thread Christopher Comer
Hey everyone, I ordered a film scanner on the cheap and I would like to put together a pseudo darkroom. I'd like to be able to develop b&w film and then scan the neg. into the computer for manipulation. I think all I need is a developing tank and reel? I'm pretty busy right now with sum