Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nuno, Use whatever you can get hold of cheaply. Hewes reels are excellent - much better that the Paterson ones. However, I've used paterson ones for years without problems. I just have lots of reels (10 plus) so that I can do a batch process and not worry about whether the reels are dry or not. I bought a whole load at only 1GBP per reel new two years ago! Most of my darkroom kit is secondhand - bought off *bay and from small ads. I even found my Focomat IIc on *bay complete in excellent order a year ago. Good luck, Charlie On 12 Feb 2009, at 21:19, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > Hello! > > For many years, I've been using a local shop to develop, print and > scan my colour film. I know the owner and he lets me use his (quite > huge) Agfa lab. For B&W I also use his very old development and > printing equipment. > > Now my "problem". My friend and photographer will retire in June and > will donate all his equipment (including a 113 years old camera) to a > museum. That means that I will "loose" the equipment to develop, > print and scan. Nowadays I rarely make colour film photos (one roll a > month ?!?), but I still make many B&W film photos (at least a roll per > week). > > I can take my colour film to some shop and hope for the best but I > want to keep developing my B&W film. > > I just want equipment to develop the film, but which brand should I > buy? AP, Jobo, Paterson or another brand? Are there any important > differences to buy one brand instead of another? > > BTW, his B&W equipment is a mix of pieces some of known brands (e.g., > the enlarger is a Rollei) and some with no brand (e.g., the tanks). > His advice was buy the cheapest made of plastic. Is this a good > advice? > > TIA > > -- > Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta > ille nihil dubitat quem nulla scientia dictat > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information