[Leica] The economy of film...

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

At 01:20 PM 2/10/2006, Matt Powell wrote:
>....
>The costs of an archival B&W setup such as yours are heady - an 11x14
>Nova processor retails for more than $500 ordered through Nova (no US
>distributor), the cheapest 11x14 archival washer is $200+ and the
>'good' ones are more like $5-600. A good, used enlarger with a VC head
>is several hundred. Chemicals are cheap, paper increasingly less so.

Aha, this is why it's so great to get into darkroom right now. Every one 
else is leaving and you can buy stuff for a song! I got my 16x20 Nova 
Processor  for $250 and I think I could have gotten it even cheaper from 
someone else. 16x20 archival washer? $150. Durst M605 with colorhead? $150. 
Rodagon 50/2.8 APO? $200. Rock solid top of line Saunder 4 blader easel? $80.

The most expensive item I bought new is the Analyzer for ~$450? The total 
setup cost is about the R2400 printer. Paper is still cheap comparing to 
the Inkjet.

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