Ilford's Darkroom finder | Simon Galley

[David Allen]

I have recently come across several instances on this and other sites where I have directed people to http://www.localdarkroom.com and they have replied/PMed me/e-mail me saying that there are no darkrooms in the city they are visiting. The most recent was that there are none in Berlin - something I know not to be true as I am listed on there.

I would like to suggest that the map-based finder is not easy to use and suggest that it would be VERY helpful if there was a clear search field where people could simply type in the city that they are looking for a darkroom.

What do others think? and is this Simon something (appears to be simple) that could be added to the site?

Bests,

David
www.dsallen.de

 

[Henning Serger]

I would like to suggest that the map-based finder is not easy to use and suggest that it would be VERY helpful if there was a clear search field where people could simply type in the city that they are looking for a darkroom.

What do others think?

David, I agree with you.
The design / software should be improved.

The Darkroomlocator:
http://www.darkroomlocator.com/#!en
has a better software design.

Best regards,
Henning

 

[David Allen]

Thanks for that Henning.

Yes a better designed site altogether.

Bests,

David.
www.dsallen.de

 

[ParkerSmithPhoto]

Yes, it should be easy to "find a darkroom within 30 of miles from Atlanta," for example. I was thinking of not for locals, but also people who are passing through a certain town and need a space to run some film, make quick contact sheets, etc.

 

[pentaxuser]

Well for U.K. based APUGers especially those in the West Midlands of England, another local darkroom is about to be added to the Ilford list and more importantly has made the pages of this week's U.K. magazine Amateur Photographer, not a magazine known in recent years for its promotion of darkroom work.

The darkroom in question is the initiative of one of our subscribers, Ian Grant, and gives analogue darkroom work much needed publicity. The article's author like many others once had a darkroom and still has a yearning to give it another go but lacks the facility as do many others

The article goes on to say that Ian will operate it on a semi-commercial scale and will offer its facilities for hire as well as providing tuition for users should there be a call for it which I am sure there will be.

My impression is that it is a very impressive facility to be run by someone whose knowledge we know is extensive and whose enthusiasm for analogue and "spreading its word" is a given.

Ian is pictured with his 8x10 enlarger and this hints at the kind of large prints and processing that will be possible. I met Ian on the Ilford 2008 tour and he actually looks younger now than then. Not a bad advert for the darkroom I'd say

I would urge those APUGers based in the U.K. and those in central England especially to have a look at the article in Amateur Photographer.

I think that the potential in Ian's darkroom for hire may only be limited by Ian's time and the users' own horizons

Well done, Ian

pentaxuser

 

[Wayne]

is there a current us darkroom list? I know there used to be a thread here but most are probably gone now.

 

[Rick A]

is there a current us darkroom list? I know there used to be a thread here but most are probably gone now.

Use the supplied Ilford site and click on "find locations" when that screen pops up, click on the "jump to" box then click on North America. Once on that map you have to click on the icon for Us and then click on all info then zoom into where you want to look. It sounds more complicated than it is.

http://www.localdarkroom.com

 

[Wayne]

thanks. That certainly isn't very intuitive

 

[jvo]

kluge!

i've never found it easy to use, though i love the idea

jvo

 

[andrew.roos]

I've added mine. I didn't find it any more difficult to use than other map-based apps, although its not really intuitive. However I didn't like the fact that it auto-cropped my portrait orientation pic of my darkroom to landscape format...