People's generosity never ceases to amaze me ...
I've been getting scratchy about the lack of control I have in using film, as I have to get it d&p commercially.
(I've realised this is one of the main reasons I've found digital so absorbing and enjoyable, as I have control over almost the entire process (except printing))
So I placed an ad. on a local Freecycle site asking if anyone had any darkroom gear - I was thinking along the lines of a tank, safelight, measuring cyls, that sort of thing ... one guy has, however, not come up with anything like that, but instead today gifted me a complete Kaiser enlarger (colour head , built like a tank) with all accessories excluding only a lens ...
Whether I'll ever get round to using it I have no idea, but if I haven't used it in a year's time, I'll give it to someone else who wants one ...
I've been getting scratchy about the lack of control I have in using film, as I have to get it d&p commercially.
(I've realised this is one of the main reasons I've found digital so absorbing and enjoyable, as I have control over almost the entire process (except printing))
So I placed an ad. on a local Freecycle site asking if anyone had any darkroom gear - I was thinking along the lines of a tank, safelight, measuring cyls, that sort of thing ... one guy has, however, not come up with anything like that, but instead today gifted me a complete Kaiser enlarger (colour head , built like a tank) with all accessories excluding only a lens ...
Whether I'll ever get round to using it I have no idea, but if I haven't used it in a year's time, I'll give it to someone else who wants one ...