Picked up some books... usefulness?

[VTHokiEE]

I was torn on what sub-forum to place this in, but since the books are mainly darkroom related I thought that I'd post here.

In a local deal I was given a handful of binders and books -

Kodak Master Darkroom Dataguide
Kodak Photographic Notebook (Binder)
Kodak Technical Information (Large Binder)
The Home Darkroom (2nd Ed) by Mark Fineman

Does anyone have any experience with these? I haven't had the time to go through them (and with a young toddler I may not...), but I didn't want to trash them either.

Thanks!

 

[lynnb]

I have the Kodak Professional Dataguide, ring bound, which is excellent. I'm assuming others in the series will be equally as useful.

 

[VTHokiEE]

Thanks, I'll carve some time too look through them then. I wasn't certain if the data would apply to current films. I'll try to post a picture later of them.

 

[rfaspen]

I'm pretty sure I have all of those. I did find them all useful at some point or another. Because I no longer wet-print, some of the info isn't as pertinent as it once was. However, the film portions of those references continue to be useful. I think the Finneman Darkroom Guide had some fun info about "alternative processes" and the like. I love reading about that stuff, and occasionally do some cyanotype or positive paper stuff. Fun stuff.

 

[titrisol]

They are all pretty good
The Home Darkroom was very good when settign up and starting

 

[VTHokiEE]

Great, thanks a lot. I'll keep a hold of them and hopefully get to them sooner rather than later 🙂