Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i agree with sonny; if you need to take an hour or 30 minutes to set everything up, and likewise to knock it down, you're going to look at the whole experience as a chore. on the other hand, if it's set and ready to go, you can actually take the odd hour you have between church and taking the kids to the ball game and knock out some prints. -rei On Nov08 20:03, SonC@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/8/2005 6:02:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, > richard-lists@imagecraft.com writes: > > Enough talking, I am setting up a darkroom. Not sure how yet, as the > garage > space is not very large and it is not currently light proof. The other > option is to utilize the kids' bathroom and just move things in and out. > > > If it were me, I would do the garage thing. Over the years Ihave done > both > ways, and when I have to move things in and out, I tend to leave them > out. > > Build a room in the garage, think it through. Give yourself adequate > ventilation, music and a nice stool that swivels so you can reach > everything. It > won't take up much room, but the more comfortable you make it, the more > you > can stay in there. > > I've had three bathroom darkrooms, and they all sucked. The best > darkroom I > ever had was six feet by six feet, and it had a dry side and a wet side. > The > wet side had a 2 foot by 5 foot sink (red) and I could put 11x14 trays > and a > washer in the sink. > > I had a lovely stereo in there, and enough safelight to read a magazine > by. > pull one string, and regular light came on, and the safelights went out. > Nowadays, I might even bring my laptop with a safelight filter over the > screen. > > Make it comfortable. and you will use it. > > > > > > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey