donheff
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I read a Facebook post about how analog photography is coming back into style and that got me thinking about darkroom gear. I'm curious about how many others had home darkrooms. In the summers of 1966 and 67 I worked for the Chicago Schools photographer. He taught me how to use a Graflex 4x5 camera and how to do black and white print processing from the 4x5 films. When I was 25 I bought a Meopta Axomat enlarger (Czech company) trays, lights, chemicals, etc. and even built a home brew print timer. I was mainly into black and white 35mm and did some special effects stuff with Kodalith. Also a little bit of Cibachrome color slide to print work.
It was a lot of fun and I kept the equipment for decades. In about 2000 or 2001 when my daughter became interested I dragged the stuff out of the attic and set up a basement darkroom that she used for a year or so. When she dropped that interest I gave the gear away to a 20 something who was taking a class and was interested in expanding into her home.
No way I would go back to analog now but it was interesting.
It was a lot of fun and I kept the equipment for decades. In about 2000 or 2001 when my daughter became interested I dragged the stuff out of the attic and set up a basement darkroom that she used for a year or so. When she dropped that interest I gave the gear away to a 20 something who was taking a class and was interested in expanding into her home.
No way I would go back to analog now but it was interesting.
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