A visual Darkroom Blog Contruction

[Bob Carnie]

John looks great, glad its finally done so you can concentrate on making prints rather than construction, I know exactly how you must feel. The lambda is one week away and everything is in place.
How do I put the enter the 5K competition at the bottom of each post?

 

[jd callow]

use 'member links' menu item at the top of page. Select 'edit your profile' . once your into your profile select edit signiture.

I'll pm you the tag I am using...

 

[lee]

congratulations John work is on the way.

lee\c

 

[Bob F.]

John It looks very good lots of room well laid out , room to grow. What I did not see was the beer fridge.
way to go
Bob

You can't have a Union Jack and a beer freezer in the same room - it's against the fundamental laws of the universe - something terrible would happen to the basic fabric of the space/time continuum...

 

[jjstafford]

You can't have a Union Jack and a beer freezer in the same room - it's against the fundamental laws of the universe - something terrible would happen to the basic fabric of the space/time continuum...

How about warm beer and the Union Jack? That works, no?

 

[jd callow]

yep. a proper pint requires no refrigeration.

 

[John McCallum]

Oh yes. 65F (or 18 for us) is about perfect after a hard day over the fixer.

BTW MrC your darkroom brings back wonderful memories (probably long after you started). +5 C and -10M color corrections and resisting the urge to pull prints out of the outfeed of the color processor.
The most challenging times of learning about photogrpahy that I can remember. Mucho respecto.

 

[blansky]

In another lifetime I think I had that same Hope processor. I printed up to 24x30 color prints with it.

My problem was it oxidized quickly if not enough prints went through it.

Is that what it is, a Hope 24 inch?

Nice setup by the way.

Michael

 

[jd callow]

It is a 26" hope. I plan on running for 3 days a week, dump or store the chems at the end of the 3 days and cleanout the proccessor. This should avoid oxidation issues, but be somewhat wasteful. I don't want to have chemistry sitting in it 24/7 (the smell would be too much).

 

[Sean]

Congrats John! Very happy for ya!

 

[livemoa]

I envy have.....

 

[Donald Qualls]

Correct temperature is dependent on the beer, guys; generally, beer should be served at the same temperature it was brewed. English and most European beers, yeah, 15-18 C is about right. Most American beers are best at 5 C or a little lower -- some would say, so you can't taste how bad they are, but even the good ones are brewed cold here, for the most part (with a few exceptions like Anchor Steam). And a few of the so-called "ice brewed" beers are actually best just above freezing.

Nothing wrong with having a beer fridge next to a Union Jack, as long as there's no Watney's or Guiness in it.

 

[jd callow]

There is a beer house nearby with about 50 taps. Their slogan: "No Lite, Ice or Rice"

Which means that none of the big american 'brews' are served there.

 

[mark]

Damn nice. and that enlarger is F***ing huge.

 

[jd callow]

It is as much the table as it is the enlarger, but I'm only going to be making small (11"x16")prints to start with. I did do a 24"x30" and there was plenty of room to go larger.