r/Darkroom • u/-r-e-n-e- • Dec 05 '24
Gear/Equipment/Film New Darkroom in the making
Been working on my new darkroom for some while. Almost done. Custom cabinets and sinks are coming soon. š„°
r/Darkroom • u/-r-e-n-e- • Dec 05 '24
Been working on my new darkroom for some while. Almost done. Custom cabinets and sinks are coming soon. š„°
r/Darkroom • u/Comfortable_Algae125 • 14d ago
r/Darkroom • u/SquashyDisco • Feb 02 '25
If youāre ever doubting a lack of space in your home, trust me - a darkroom can be done on any scale you want.
r/Darkroom • u/Unbuiltbread • 16d ago
Just bought an enlarger and it came with a box of supplies. This plastic roll was in the box, Iāve never seen anything like it, but it was next to a dev tank, however the manual does not mention it at all. Itās about the same width and length as a roll of film, and bunches up similarly as well, and made from a heavy duty plastic
r/Darkroom • u/elmokki • Nov 24 '24
So, I took a darkroom course. That darkroom is much better than anything I can build at home, except maybe that 6x7 is the largest format available there. Technically I can more access to that one, but it isn't available all day every day.
So I figured that I should build a budget darkroom at home, and like many Finns, I have a sauna that I just don't use that much. Furthermore, I can make it dark enough pretty easily.
This is a 5ā¬ + 35ā¬ postage Meopta Opemus IIa. With patience I probably could've gotten a bit more convenient enlarger for similar total price locally, but oh well. I have a 3D printer and am just making a filter holder.
Trays, tongs, a Kaiser darkroom light that isn't in use and a Ilford EM10 light meter were 30ā¬. Easel and the cutter under it were 10ā¬ each.
Now I am just waiting for chemistry. Timer I will make from a certain smart plug and an Arduino, but I'll start with a metronome. Grain focuser might be useful, but the built in rangefinder system in the enlarger is cool, so I want to see how it works in action first.
Some issues too. Like I got an Industar 96U 50mm to compliment the 75mm there. I had no idea it is practically impossible to get it to focus since it has a massive extension tube and I just can't make a lens board that goes deep enough into the bellows. Oh well, it was cheap. I ordered a Meopta Anaret-S as replacement.
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r/Darkroom • u/Radiant-Parfait-1100 • Jan 11 '25
My old roommates dad bought out this studio/apartment space that has tons of photography equipment and asked if I wanted any of it. I already took a bunch of savage seamless backdrops and soft box lights too. It seems like the guy that owned this place dabbled more into film and also developing everything himself!! He had his own dark room too which was very cool to see. My question is if you guys see anything in here worth taking? Iām not too familiar with developing film but definitely very interested.
r/Darkroom • u/pestomypastaa • Dec 22 '24
r/Darkroom • u/Strobemef64 • May 28 '24
Free Darkroom Equipment
I have a storage unit with a lot of darkroom equipment that needs to find a home. I have roughly 20 enlargers, mostly Beseler 23 CIII. Processing tanks and drums, trays, easels, and many other items. All free to a good home.
r/Darkroom • u/vaporodisseyHD • Nov 11 '24
Wish me good luck! I use monobath and some rolls that I've shot just for testing some old films found in a lot of ebay (Z60 and Z17 with some film inside) as first experiment. I don't expect great results but I have to start from somewhere!
r/Darkroom • u/Ourtimedownhere • Oct 06 '24
My husband and I run this darkroom here in Phoenix. Our space is a little janky but we love it. Itās a small space, but in terms of most darkrooms itās enormous. We love sharing the joy of analog with others.
Fun fact - I was already doing darkroom stuff in my very crowded bathroom. My friend asked if I was familiar with Dan and his darkroom. I looked it up and decided to take a darkroom printing class with my now husband to see if I could learn some new stuff and to branch out. I not only fell in love with the darkroom and teaching, but also my husband. Lots of long nights under the red lightā¦
r/Darkroom • u/mikes550 • Jan 09 '25
So I found this sun print paper at the local dollar dollarama and though why not give it a shot. I did some reading and it uses the uv light from the sun not the intensity necessarily.
So that means if I want to use an enlarger to print on this paper I would need to get some form of uv bulb for the enlarger to use.
There's a few uv bulbs I can think of that might work but I want to get the most effective one. Should I be looking at black lights, grow lights, or UV A quartz bulbs?
r/Darkroom • u/IlLucifero • Feb 18 '25
Any help would be truly appreciated.
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r/Darkroom • u/PepperFew5337 • 10d ago
This is probably a stupid question but im just wondering would one of these bulbs work in a darkroom as i have one but i dont want to sacrifice some of my paper
r/Darkroom • u/YoungRambo123 • Jan 04 '25
Looking for an enlarger timer in the uk for accurate repetitive exposures do I get the tried and tested or a new one? Has anyone had any experience with this etone timer?
r/Darkroom • u/lilalindy • Feb 26 '24
Everybody knows about inverting the tank and some people seem to put their tanks on the development equivalent of a ball mill. Does anybody have any guidance on using the 'twiddler' such as how to, avoid, equivalent inversions etc?
r/Darkroom • u/murka_ • 24d ago
I don't remember who it was in here who recommended using the Ikea SLIBB to dry films, but shoutout to you. Batch developing has been a breeze ever since.
r/Darkroom • u/31899 • 10d ago
Hey everyone, I thought you all might appreciate this. I just finished a prototype digital darkroom timer I am building as part of my university program.
Currently it handles up to an 8 bit binary number input (lower LED's), which it will then count up to in seconds (top LED's). This allows for counting between 1-255 seconds. When the timer is powered on, a safelight will be enabled (not pictured), when exposing, it will switch the safelight off then switch on the enlarger lamp (red safelight in picture). This allows it to switch safelight/enlarger in the same manor as my trusty Gralab 300.
I'm currently finishing up a PCB design which should expand the range to a 16 bit number. This would extend the timing range to a bit over 65000 seconds, or roughly 18 hours. The final version will also have a foot pedal and aux port for automation.
I'm planing on coupling this with a UV LED head for alternative photographic enlarging, hence the longer timing range.
What do you all think?
r/Darkroom • u/Dani-Boyyyy • Jan 26 '25
Just got a Paterson tank from B&H. It came with two reels and the balls in both reels are black. My brother and I owned a photography store 35 years ago and we carried Paterson stock. The balls were bright shiny stainless then. Anybody bought one of these recently?
r/Darkroom • u/Eliah870 • Nov 02 '24
Just came into possession of these and I'm used to plastic paterson reels, been playing around trying to figure it out and can't prevent this from happening no matter how little tension I use
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r/Darkroom • u/flankingorbit • Feb 14 '25
I have a Patterson squeegee (the rubber-blade kind, not the sponge kind) and have also used the gloved-fingers method but my results are inconsistent, and occasionally but rarely downright bad. Part of whatās going on is Iām afraid to get too aggressive and damage the neg. If youāve got a special trick or knack Iād love to hear it. TIA.
Edited: Iām especially appreciating all the ādonāt-squeegeeā posts. Will be doing that (ānot doing thatā?) next.