Hi I'm Dani

[TheFlyingCamera]

Welcome to the forum! Basement darkrooms are a great thing. You can do a LOT with a very small space. Mine is 7'x8' with 6-ish foot ceilings, but I can print up to 16x20. I'm mostly doing contact prints in alt processes these days, but I still have my dream enlarger- a Beseler 45V-XL with a cold light head. Have lots of fun with your folders and TLRs - I've found that some of the very best photos I've ever made were taken with a TLR.

 

[Danielle_B]

Hi Danielle - it's great to have you here! I haven't had much luck with folders but I love TLRs - probably have around 20 or so, although only a handful are in good working order. I loved shooting my Yashica Mats for years, and had wanted to collect them all at one point (!), but luckily (or not) finances got in the way. My favourites were always the plain Jane YashicaMat and the Yashica12.

Looking forward to seeing some of your work here!

I'd love a early Yashica Mat someday. I think the design styling of the Yashica TLRs are some of the most beautiful out there.
I seem to be the oddity in that I'm not a fan of on camera light meters. I prefer my old handheld Weston light meter and a camera of the same vintage when I go out to shoot.

 

[mooseontheloose]

I'd love a early Yashica Mat someday. I think the design styling of the Yashica TLRs are some of the most beautiful out there.
I seem to be the oddity in that I'm not a fan of on camera light meters. I prefer my old handheld Weston light meter and a camera of the same vintage when I go out to shoot.

I've been using handheld meters for so long I usually forget about the in-camera meter (if it still works). Of course, that's only for the TLRs. Mine isn't as old as yours (it's some flavour of Gossen), although I do have a spot meter that I've been meaning to use more so I can dial in my exposures a bit better.

 

[warden]

Welcome Danielle!