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Default making a photography darkroom

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:29:08 +0100, Chris French wrote:

I'm avoiding buying anything much at the moment, as I don't really know
all of what I've got yet, and it might just be a flash in the pan.

Start off on B&W prints I guess and see how we go.


I found a changing bag adequate for loading the drum.

My dad fitted out our bathroom with various things to make a darkroom on
a temporary basis (he did part time professional photography). We had a
close fitting panel for the window frame (bolts from panel into frame);
enlarger table that fitted over the toilet, safelight on the end of the
bath (!!), run from one of those Y-shaped BC things on the light fitting.
Then a board over the bath for the trays, and we ran the developing tank
rinse hose in the sink.

The most fun thing was playing with reversal of monochrome film, to get
monochrome transparencies.