A big thank you to all of you great people who were kind enough to answer my questions and share your experience. I have been developing my own film and now have made contact sheets and prints. I learned on my own with lots of research and jumped right in. I have a large laundry room that makes a great darkroom and I keep my enlarger on a rubbermaid cart to wheel in as needed. I've wasted a few pieces of photo paper but overall I have done very well and have a good work flow going. Thanks! Susan
, but really, all cameras are just tools for the photographer. Use what works for you. I'm sure the more you print in the darkroom, the more you'll find what is really working and what isn't (at least, that was the case for me!)