Today I Got My Stuff, Man
That's right. I got my stuff and I can hardly wait to get down with the WOCA and do something. What stuff am I speaking of? A story is in order.
Back in the late 70's I got into black and white photography while attending Ricks College in Idaho (It's now BYU Idaho). Mostly I shot in 35mm and used Ilford HP5 developed in HC110 dilution B (I think) but I did have my grandfathers Rollieflex and I did shoot some 120.
Later in those same late 70's I joined the Army and continued to shoot black and white but mostly 35mm and HP5. When I was in Germany Ilford introduced a revolutionary film called XP1 and I was among the first to get my hands on it from a local German camera store in Schweinfurt. I bought it as a kit which included film and chemicals. It was the first c41 based black and white film and it was amazing stuff. I still have the negatives and they look just as good today as they did then. Maybe 1980 or 81? Not sure exactly. Maybe 1982.
Anyway I had gotten away from darkroom stuff in the late 90's and until now have been lugging around developing tanks and reels. So here I am with a HOLGA and I got to thinking this is the perfect opportunity for me to get back into a darkroom. Not a traditional darkroom because I don't have room for one but a more up to date digital darkroom where you shoot real film, develop and scan the images into the computer to be manipulated and printed in Black and White. So I went to a local camera store here in Tulsa looking for supplies and boy was I shocked at what I found. Nearly nothing. Digital has become so big that less and less people are developing film these days.
What I found was a small selection of chemicals and plenty of paper but not much else. The choices were limited so I turned to my trusty computer and got on the Internet and went to Freestyle and got myself and expandable Jobo reel for my Durst tank plus 10 rolls of ISO 400 120 Arista.Edu film and chemicals. Now all I need are some containers to store my mixed chemicals in. I had forgotten to get a thermometer but found a similar $16 thermometer at Wal-Mart for under $4 in the kitchen utensil section. It's a little harder to read but it will work just fine.
The bad thing? My Jobo 120 reel is just too big for my Durst tank! Dang! Now I'm depressed.
Back in the late 70's I got into black and white photography while attending Ricks College in Idaho (It's now BYU Idaho). Mostly I shot in 35mm and used Ilford HP5 developed in HC110 dilution B (I think) but I did have my grandfathers Rollieflex and I did shoot some 120.
Later in those same late 70's I joined the Army and continued to shoot black and white but mostly 35mm and HP5. When I was in Germany Ilford introduced a revolutionary film called XP1 and I was among the first to get my hands on it from a local German camera store in Schweinfurt. I bought it as a kit which included film and chemicals. It was the first c41 based black and white film and it was amazing stuff. I still have the negatives and they look just as good today as they did then. Maybe 1980 or 81? Not sure exactly. Maybe 1982.
Anyway I had gotten away from darkroom stuff in the late 90's and until now have been lugging around developing tanks and reels. So here I am with a HOLGA and I got to thinking this is the perfect opportunity for me to get back into a darkroom. Not a traditional darkroom because I don't have room for one but a more up to date digital darkroom where you shoot real film, develop and scan the images into the computer to be manipulated and printed in Black and White. So I went to a local camera store here in Tulsa looking for supplies and boy was I shocked at what I found. Nearly nothing. Digital has become so big that less and less people are developing film these days.
What I found was a small selection of chemicals and plenty of paper but not much else. The choices were limited so I turned to my trusty computer and got on the Internet and went to Freestyle and got myself and expandable Jobo reel for my Durst tank plus 10 rolls of ISO 400 120 Arista.Edu film and chemicals. Now all I need are some containers to store my mixed chemicals in. I had forgotten to get a thermometer but found a similar $16 thermometer at Wal-Mart for under $4 in the kitchen utensil section. It's a little harder to read but it will work just fine.
The bad thing? My Jobo 120 reel is just too big for my Durst tank! Dang! Now I'm depressed.
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