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By: Tomas Webb

Tomas Webb — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:59:47 +0000

The (un?)fortunate thing about the decline in film usage on the whole has been the lowering of value in regards to almost anything dedicated to film. Various models of safelights can be found on ebay and the like, some even being given away for free – how I got mine.

By: HFesler

HFesler — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:48:44 +0000

Is there any worth for a redlight by orthochromatic (Samigon)? Works great and is vintage 60′s… It’s a Tri-Lamp. Had it since I was a teenager in highschool + (boyscouts). Have other developing gear too…

Thanks H.

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By: Lucien

Lucien — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:24:44 +0000

Regarding a safelight, I use red acetate (one or two millimetres thick, floppy, see-through resin-type stuff) and bend it around a strong lamp that shines up at the roof, which bounces enough light around the room.

This is quite simple but I’ve also read and will suggest having the walls of your darkroom (study, bathroom, garage, wherever) white, or as close to white as you can so that the light reflects around the room and you get more light to work with. Some, for one reason or another, might think that their room will be better light-sealed with black or dark walls but all it does it absorb a bunch of light.

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:43:33 +0000

I never thought about that… could work if the red light is truly red light, though I’m not sure how bright it would be or how well you could see. I wouldn’t think it should cause a problem — just keep it 4 or 5 feet away from the paper and don’t point it directly at the paper (as with any safelight). If you do get one going, make sure you test it out: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Test-your-darkroom-safelight-4773

By: Janne

Janne — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:12:06 +0000

I got most of my materials, except for a safelight. The local shop doesn’t have that much darkroom equipment and they don’t stock them. I’m vaguely planning to go to Umeda and poke around in the camera shops there – but searching the web, a fair amount of people seem to advocate simply using red LED’s instead. They’d last forever, you can run them off a battery and it’d be a lot cheaper (at least if you build yourself). Anyone have experience with that?

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By: Tomas Webb

Tomas Webb — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:23:04 +0000

You can also hang on to certain types of developers for lith printing. The more exhausted/older the developer, the more valuable as a lith developer.

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:34:27 +0000

The stop and fix are reusable, but will become exhausted after so much use. The stop bath turns purple when it’s done. You could potentially hang on to them if you could leave them out. The developer is usable on more than one print, but it also has a service limit. It also goes bad after a day in the open air. I’m not sure about using things like Photoflo on prints… I think I’ve heard it makes them slimy, but I could be mistaken.

In general, the process is the same as developing b/w film, except you get to watch the image appear during development.