Printed from film at last…

[Mark]

November 2, 2008 at 11:07 am

I printed my first photograph in the darkroom yesterday up at the Airfield Trust!
Some buzz seeing the image form on the paper.

Thanks to Peter at FPWorkshops, for a great experience and a very enjoyable day all round!
Good to meet up with some PI members there too :)

Now off to search for enlargers and other such equipment :D

Cheers

[eric]

November 2, 2008 at 11:44 am

Yes I can completely confirm this , this was splendid day spent in darkroom :D

[thefizz]

November 3, 2008 at 11:44 am

Glad you enjoyed it guys, the day just flew by. Its very encouraging to see you traveling from Cork, Kerry, Carlow and Wexford so I appreciate the efforts you all made.

Thanks again,
Peter

[Gizzo]

November 3, 2008 at 11:49 am

yes Saturday was a real blast!
the only downside is that I don’t have a bathroom big enough to fit an enlarger :D :D :D

what were the names for the online shop of second-hand equipment?
and what about the lens to look for?

[thefizz]

November 3, 2008 at 12:28 pm

Check out http://www.ffordes.com as they have lots of used equipment and are good to deal with.

I would recommend the following enlarger lenses which have 6 elements:

Schneider Componon
Rodenstock Rodagon
Nikon Nikkor (but not the Nikkor f4 50mm as it is only a 4 element lens)

Thats not to say the 4 element lenses are bad but with prices for used gear so good these days then you may as well go for the better ones.

There are obviously other good makes of lenses but I am only familiar with the three above. Also check out the buy&sell and adverts.ie for epuipment.

Regards,

[Fintan]

November 3, 2008 at 12:36 pm

Well done lads, sorry I missed it, I had my Charlie Waite hat on….