Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My "darkroom" is a laundry room, which is truly dark only at night. The area occupied by my equipment is about 3'x6', and within this space sit two enlargers (LPL D6700 dichro and Fujifilm A450 condenser), a Nova Quad processor, and a 11x14" tray. Despite being in the laundry room, there is no running water. I have found the Nova processor, though crudely made and outrageously expensive, was possibly the best addition to my darkroom, after an enlarger, for its space efficiency and time efficiency. If you just have a closet, I could envision placing an enlarger on a small desk, and a Nova processor under the desk. Now, you could almost fit all of these in a broom closet! Jobo AT series processors give you automated processing, but they are very, very expensive (in the thousands) Unless you are processing tens of rolls everyday, I do not see them as being cost-effective. The same amount of money could be better spent on a better space for a darkroom. A good stainless steel tank with a changing bag is basically all you need to do BW film processing. Good luck!!! Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka dot org> http://www.iisaka.org Still lost in Mill Valley in Marin County, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Kish <jim@mail.kishbike.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 8:36 PM Subject: [Leica] home b&w processing > Hi all, > > I'd like to have more of a hand in processing my black and white photos, but don't have room for a full-on darkroom. I'd be happy to be able to process and print contact sheets for now, leaving the final printing to a local b&w lab. So, I have 2 questions...are there decent film processors available (I hear "Jobo" mentioned) that allow one to process in one step? > > Second, is there such a thing that will produce a contact print with a minimum of cost/space? > > Reply personally if this is not of interest to the group, but I promise to use a Leica producing the images...;> > > -Jim Kish >