RHDesigns fstop timers

[Norman Christie]

Thanks folks. I am currently in the process of deciding to buy this kit; your views of the product have been very helpful.

 

[schlger]

I use the Analyzer Pro. I absolutely love it. My comments on the system are twofold -

One - I wish calibrating and programming paper channels was a little more straightforward.

Two - There are times when I wish I had bought the StopClock Pro with ZoneMaster because I have negatives that I know would benefit from split-grade printing, which isn't as straightforward to do with the Analyzer Pro.

That said, the Analyzer Pro was worth every penny (ouch ouch ouch!!!) I had to spend on it, and that was quite a few of them at today's exchange rate. It helps me decide contrast grade and exposure very precisely, and I'm usually spot on by the 2nd print, often on the very first print. I think it has cut darkroom waste in terms of paper and time by more than half.

Do you also ue the analyzer with stained negatives? Does it work with pyro and pyrocat?

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Do you also ue the analyzer with stained negatives? Does it work with pyro and pyrocat?

Yes, I do, and it does. You may need to do a bit of calibration with it to get it perfect on the first pass, but it will work with stained negs. I specifically do Pyrocat HD, but I have some older negs done with PMK that I have printed with it and it works with them as well.

 

[Jim Chinn]

I bought a Stop Clock Pro a couple of years ago and I am pretty sure I have more than recouped the cost. First you really do cut down on the amount of paper you use and if that only means one sheet a printing session over what I used to use and that adds up. Second, it allows you to achieve a finished print with much more precision in a lot less time. I have a limited amount of time in the darkroom each session (about 2 hours max) so efficiency is important.

I can't speak to any other brand of f-stop timer out there allthough I know a couple of people who use one made by Metrolux and really like it. But what ever brand, it is money well spent with pretty much all upside to the decision.

 

[Matt5791]

I bought the Analyser Pro last year and it really was worth every penny - I shoot weddings and this enables me to produce acceptable prints (probably better than I would get from the lab) in one go (usually!)

These days you are expeced to shoot very large volumes of reportage material at weddings and often I need to print many negatives. Without the Analyser I would have to either get the lab to do it or find some otherway.

Matt

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Matt,

Do you use XP2 or conventional b&w film?

Tom.