It's Dark in here.

Christopher Walrath

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• Mar 27, 2006

• #1

Well, I've done it. I got my enlarger today. I put a neg in the holder and turne the light out an focuse the image on the easel and I am hooked. No chems or photo paper yet. Just a promise of things to come. I got a Fujimoto on eBay and shipping for $49.00 total. Anybody wanna onate a single piece for my darkroom? Just kidding. Not even a place to do it yet. I LOVE DARK!

 

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• Mar 28, 2006

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You are well on your way! One piece of advice... Don't watch a scary movie and then try to work in your darkroom. It won't work and you'll fubar something

 

foxyscootie

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• Mar 28, 2006

• #3

Digidurst said:

... Don't watch a scary movie and then try to work in your darkroom. It won't work and you'll fubar something

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LOL! I never thought about this, but it would be so true for me.

Welcome to the darkside flash!

 

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Christopher Walrath

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• Mar 28, 2006

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apertures on enlarger lens?

When and how should this be adjusted? My lens on my fujimoto enlarger goes from 3.5 - 16. Any pointers? Thank you.

 

Konical

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• Mar 28, 2006

• #5

Good Evening, Flash,

Focus wide open. In B & W, try to use apertures between f8 and f16 in most cases; a few step exposure strips will quickly get you zeroed in on the exposure time. Times of 5 to 20 seconds are usually convenient.

Konical