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In a message dated 20/07/2007 18:03:31 GMT Standard Time,
paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Over the last year or so I’ve been procuring all the equipment I need to set up a darkroom in my home and process my own film. Good for you. Controlling the economics is a bit like walking a tightrope -
it can be done, but not everyone succeeds. Knowing when or whether to buy
chemicals in bulk involves a trade off between usage rate and shelf life and
being able to process the optimum batch of prints is useful too.
I have not done much d&p myself and what I did was way back - One of
the things I specially like about digital processing is being able to make 10 X
8 prints on ordinary copier paper before using photo paper (a bit like using
test strips in the darkroom but less fiddly. On the other hand I have large size
photo portraits of my paternal grandparents which were made in 1908 and still
look good despite having been on display for much of their life. Despite what it
says on the box I doubt that digital enlargements will look as good when they
are 99.
Best wishes. Michael
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