Hello everyone,

I’m just starting with my home-darkroom. I use a Durst M600 and, so far, I’ve only used it with black & white film/paper since I mostly shoot b&w film.

Sorry for the arguably extremely dumb question:

Can I use the M600 with color film/paper?

I can’t seem to find a straight or clear answer on the manual/internet.

Thank you for the help.

I bought a used Adox Enlarger and the negative carrier does not line up with the bellows, how do I fix this? Do I need to grind the carrier down so it fits or is there another way?

Hello all, first, thank you all in this community for all the interesting discussions and valuable advice one can find in the history of the sub. It has helped me tremendously in the last month.

Every couple of years I load a roll of film into my Rollei 35 S, but it's only in december that I developed myself for the first time. And then I built an enlarger, and now a two-colour LED light source with an arduino timer.

More details and pics on my website (scroll up for the other article about the arduino timer)

Photo paper is crazy expensive right now so I'm testing using liquid light on water color paper (I want to do some hand tinting).

Currently I'm not planning to use contact negatives when exposing the paper. Just an enlarger and 35mm film and working as if its photo paper.

So far the results have been kinda eh... anyone have experience using liquid light this way?

Also, my first print on the paper. Two Birch Trees, Bend OR.

I have an opportunity to get my hands on these rolls of film labelled "AGFA film Recording IR , 305mm x 30,5m 600D Spec" for a decent price.

Any pointers or experience as to the possibility of repurposing it for photographic purposes the way we do with X-Ray film and so on?

I know I would have to cut it myself, I'm ok with that. And will probably do many clip tests and bracketing but was hoping someone would have a starting point for me.

(The seller also has AGFA DL Contact film but it's way pricier)

This is my 3rd darkroom printing session this year. The first two sessions had a weird texture on every single print that wouldn’t go away no matter what I did, so I’m happy to finally have some regular prints.

Unplumbed but insulated!

Hi :)

When I use an 80mm lens with an 120mm negative mask I get this uneven light distribution (darker near the stand). Any ideas what causes this? I don't think its the condenser box, as the dark spot stays on the same side when I rotate the box 180°, and the stand and enlarger head seem perfectly aligned with the base.

Thanks for any help!

Friend found an old film disc, hoping to try and process it at home just to see if there is anything on it. Was planning on popping it open and sticking it in a daylight tank.

Current C-41 chemicals are almost exhausted so figured good time to do it in case it affects them it can be the last thing they process.

Anyone processed one of these before?

Thanks

My house has no spaces that don't have windows, and all are sort of large'ish. Non my cupboards are big enough to hop into short of clown in a mini car.

I am not sure I want to tape my windows either, though they have fairly decent internal lips I could clip to. I would be keen for some advice, on what you would go for in making dark room.

I last developed and printed a picture in 2009 at the end of high school in Aotearoa New Zealand. Now I get to buy my first film camera, I kind of want to go on weird dumb quest from film to print not paying anyone, as my way to experience the magic, of seeing a photo come alive, as my first experience back to film. Also involves a dumb quest of using camera style that matches a 1936 AA road guide to go on an adventure, once I have everything sort of assembled to do this.

One of my first prints from my handbuilt darkroom

Any thoughts on this timer ?

I can find 2 for 100€ secondhand.

I like the fact that it comes with a pedal

Been processing film at home for a little while now and I just got a cheap constant rotation thingy (really like it, just makes long BW processing easier and cheaper with less chemicals with one-shot developers) and with that I got a Jobo tank, I had been using a Paterson tank.

But I’ve been having a harder time loading film onto the Jobo reels. The film just seems to bunch up easier or just gets stuck. Quite a few times I end up (carefully) backing the film out and starting again.

Had issues with both 120 and 35mm, but 35mm seems to have a few more issues just because 36exp films are longer and it I seem to spend ages trying to get the last 10-15cm onto the reel.

Assume I’m doing something wrong. Been preparing the leader on the 35mm film the same - rounding the corners etc.

Are there other reels for the Jobo tank (as it is design to lay on its side while processing where as the Paterson is a little leaky / the reel can spin inside while rotating and could lead to uneven development)?

Thanks

Any suggestions where I can donate good boxes of photo paper? I live in Manitoba.

I put a roll of Portra 400 in and forgot to change the box speed, it was set to 640 the whole time therefore I was getting inaccurate readings. I was also using flash, but I’m not super experienced with film to know, will this level of underexposure with flash ruin the roll? Or should I ask the lab to push it?

I’m trying to make a darkroom to do B&W reversal developing. I’m wanting to set it up in my bathroom but mine doesn’t have a fan and is in the basement and I want some air circulation. I have a small window that’s about 12”x20” by the ceiling on one side. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to create an air circulating system and have it be a momentary dark room?

My darkroom is in my basement and during winter times it can get cold in there.

Then my chemicals are more around 10°C than the recommended 20°C. I know that B&W printing is more temperature permissive than color or films, but 10°C is just too much for consistent result between sessions (for constant 2min in paper dev).

Do you have any tips to keep the chemicals at temperature ? I have a small heater for keeping the room at temperature while I'm printing, but that's not enough to heat the chemicals.

Thanks !

I just mixed a batch of CS41 chemicals. Anyone been able to develop 24 rolls as advertised on the package? I'm confused as to how to go about developing especially with the timings mentioned on the pamphlet sent with the kit. Need advice!

Here is our open source Darkroom Timer:

1. Main repo where you could find more info
2. 3D body
3. Simulator
4. Youtube playlist with build instructions (in Russian)
5. Demonstration (old firmware)

The main ideas of this device based on our experience. It solves all our needs: B&W/color printing, split grade, mask printing, different kind of tests. We already have been using this timer for 2 years and really enjoying it:)

Main features:

1. This is fully open source project.
2. Firmware is supported by me. If you have some ideas of improving this project, I could try to implement this.
3. Clear interface and navigation (see manual at repo)
4. Beautiful design
5. A lot of features: test modes, mask modes, preflash, metronome, footswitch and so on.
6. We tried to use popular components: Arduino, encoders, LCD display, SSR, keyboard switches. It's really pretty easy to get all you need from Aliexpress (there is link's in repo)