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It is very clear from some of the great photos that get posted this forum that there more than a few very talented photographers in our midst. But do any of you still use film opr have you all gone the way of digital?

I've been a very amature photographer since being a member of the school photographic club back in the early/mid '80's. Obviously at that time is was all film and getting heady on chemicals in a dark room.

Well, i got quite into the processing side of things and ended up with quite a highly spec'd darkroom that has sat redundant for quite a few years now, and having inherited my fathers Nikon D300s i honestly don't think i will ever have use for the darkroom again. Does anyone know of anywhere that i could advertise the equipment, any specialist forums etc that may be interested?. I genuinely don't know whether to hold on to it all, perhaps out of apathy, or let it go to someone who will hopefully get to enjoy it.

Any thoughts?


 
Posted : 05/11/2012 11:09 am
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Out of interest, What enlarger do you have?


 
Posted : 05/11/2012 11:29 am
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I ended up giving most of my darkroom kit away, Line & Jones 5x4 Enlarger, Jobo CPE unit, tray heaters, paterson tanks, Nikkor enlarger lenses, etc.

It seemed to go for peanuts online

The only thing I kept was my Beard 12x16inch enlarger easel, mainly because of the time effort I spent keeping it clean, now its gathering dust in my shed!


 
Posted : 05/11/2012 11:37 am
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desirable stuff (RH,Nova,Lietz,Beard)goes for reasonable prices on fleabay

after that it's more about where you are as the bigger stuff will be collect only.

I have a darkroom as I like the idea of doing something away from a computer


 
Posted : 05/11/2012 11:47 am
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Pick n Mix

From memory, the list of kit is as follows:

LPL C7700 enlarger with both 50mm and 70mm Hoya lenses
Jobo B Timer, enlarger timer
Patterson Orbital processor with motor
Junghans wall mounted timer - a classic piece of darkroom equipment
Omega colour analyser
Ilford EM10 Exposure meter
Durst Comask easel
Various other bits and pieces for developing negatives

All in really good nick.


 
Posted : 05/11/2012 11:56 am
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Photographers who shoot in B&W often use film...digital is quite a bit off in the quality stakes when it comes to that.


 
Posted : 05/11/2012 12:00 pm

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