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Subject: [Leica] A Silver Gelatin Print Is A Beauty To Behold
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 02:43:27 -0700
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My darkroom is very compact: I use a 12x16" Nova paper processor so the
whole things fits on a 2'x3' table. I use a 4x5 enlarger as a light source,
but a light bulb will do. All this is needed in addition is just a tray with
running water to wash the prints.

In fact, now that the experiment is successful, I am considering picking up
a 16x20 Nova paper processor. I bought the 12x16 used, for a song, but
unfortunately I will have to buy this one new, if I go that route. It is
still relatively small and can still fit on a 2'x3' table though. I can put
a large tray in one of the bathroom's bath tub so no problem there either.

Of course for my pano pics, it will still limited to ~20"x8". Not too bad
but I wish I can do even larger, but then I will need a real darkroom sink
(my wife, bless her heart, suggests that may be we should convert the garage
space to hold a large sink... )


On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:

>  On 10/6/2010 6:23 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>> http://www.5pmlight.com/?p=1605
>>
>>  Glad things there are working out for you.  Resurrecting the darkroom is
> not in the cards for me, for a number of reasons (promised for a seedling
> plant room in the winter among the first).  I have a number of the "fiber"
> inkjet papers to go through, and the Imageprint profiles for them.  Now to
> find the time to do that.  I did notice that the "fiber" inkjet papers are
> priced comparably to silver.  Epson Exhibition fiber is $4/sheet, and most
> of the real darkroom fiber papers are about $3-4/sheet (17/22 and 16/20
> respectively).
>
> Ken
>
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