Darkroom Renovation Phase II Started

New 8x10 Kodak Basket Line Installed 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

I have decided to finally set up by Kodak 8x10 Hard Rubber Tanks, with floating lids, and Kodak Film Baskets. I can do 18 8x10's in a run, or 48 sheets of 4x5. Or 18 rolls of 120 film in a go. I think I will start with Replenished D23 as a starter. I have 500 sheets of 8x10 HRU, as well as multiple boxes of various 8x10 films. I just bought a fresh box of Arista 200 8x10 (On Sale) which I think is FOMA 200. Also I have an 8x10 Kodak Hard Rubber Wash Tank, it is in the front right, hooked up well and running great.
 
Darkroom Print 3 Hot Rodded Pentacon Six by Nokton48, on Flickr

Back in the day this was the hottest Pentacon Six to be found anywhere. I sent a pair of these bodies to Pentacon in Dresden and they upgraded them to full Exakta 66 MK2 mode. The body was then covered with "Rollei SL66 Anniversary Diamond Rubber" which I procured from the Rollei factory. The Strap Lug Attachment was made for the EX66. Photograph made in my studio by direct flash. Hasselblad 100mm F3.5 Planar, 70mm Kodak Surveillance Film, processed in ADOX Borax MQ. Silver B&W print on RC paper
 
Ready to Run Kodak 3F Dev 8x10 Tanks 15 Litre by Nokton48, on Flickr

Front left Developer D23 Straight Replenished. Rear Left TF4 Film Fixer. Center right, 3F Kodak Wash Tank. All tanks fully filled, ready to process some 8x10 Sheets. Going to develop by Inspection, some 8x10 Ilford Ortho ISO 50, bought fresh from B&H. I made the lid covers from sheet Plexiglass cut by Home Depot, then added rubber sealing all around the bottom of each lid. Keeps from evaporation and should last a very, very long time.
 
8x10 Deep Tank 15L 1000 AR Octobox Ilford Ortho D23 Replenished by Nokton48, on Flickr

Tweaking the 8x10 Long Norma 1000mm F16 Rodenstock Apo Ronar Ilford Ortho EI 50 F32/45 18 pops of the Octobox 45 Camera Left No Fill. D23 Replenisher in 15 liter Kodak 3F Hard Rubber Tank, Kodak 8x10 Hanger. Eighteen minutes at 70F. Sony Nex7 50mm Zeiss Touit Lightbox. Agitation the Kodak way every 60 seconds, it looks pretty even to my eyes. A first start, the lens definitely passes, it's a rare bird. Developed by inspection under a deep deep red safelight six feet away. I did change the glass cover from a diffused one, to a clear glass one. That increases the specularity of the Octobox up just a teeny bit.
 
Sinar Norma Handy Test 65mm F8 No 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Sinar Norma Handy Test 65mm F8 No 4 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Sinar Norma Handy 4x5 Test Ilford HP5+ 65mm F8 Super Angulon at Fll. Kingwood Gardens Mansfield Ohio, waiting for the Solar Eclipse to occur. HANDHELD camera focused hyperfocally. The cosine effect causes corners to be darker, could be improved with my 65mm F8 Schneider Center Filter. Silver image 8x10 print Omega DII 180mm Rodagon laser aligned, Arista #2 RC paper processed in Dektol 1:2. Print copied with Sony Nex 7 30mm Nex Macro Lens.
 
New Copy Setup in Studio by Nokton48, on Flickr

I've been copying RC Silver prints in my Enlarging Room, with ambient LED lighting. I have decided to move my Minolta Copy Stand into the studio area, and leave it set up on a permanent basis. From Harbor Freight a rolling cart (I have several), with an Apple Box Riser on the top shelf, makes a strong base with wheels for the copy stand. Easy to move around as I please. Recently donated to me, a pair of Broncolor Impact 300J Impacts, with well used strobe tubes working perfectly, and a nice matched pair. Standard Impact Reflector, attached 3M Polarizing Filters on both lights. Camera for 35mm film is a Minolta SRT-101 with SRT Diopter Eyepiece Correction, SRT Cable Release, 50mm F3.5 MC Macro Rokkor, and 55mm Minolta Hooded Polarizing Filter. All filters set for maximum polarization, lighting balanced to 1/3 fstop with Broncolor Incident Strobe Meter. With Ilford PanF+ rated at EI 25, I'm at F16 without polariizer exposure correction, so I did a bracketed series at 1/2 stops to establish a good baseline. This is a pretty good setup I'm intending to leave up all the time, and it's easily movable.

I also intend to use the setup for copying flat art and I have a Skier Box for digitizing negatives with the same setup. This will evolve.
 
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