Saturday afternoon alone

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FrankS

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I'm spending this Saturday afternoon on RFF and developing some film. (3 rolls APX100 in Rodinol and 3 rolls APX400 in IlfosolS) Classic rock Q107 playing in the background. Hope to scan and post some results tomorrow.
 

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That sounds like a good day, relaxing day. I have done quite a bit today, time for me to make an early dinner and just rest as much as possible for the rest of mine. I did a little scanning this morning, and processed three rolls. One more tomorrow and I will be caught up.
 
I spent almost four hours in the darkroom today. Mangaged to develop four ancient rolls of Delta 100 (in DD-X) and get five decent prints before I ran out of time.

Does it always take that long, or am I doing something the hard way?

P.S. I know I lost some time, 'cause I spent much more than a few minutes cursing at stainless steel film reels today. I just couldn't get them loaded; I don't know what the problem was, but I'm blaming it on the D100 film base being different than HP5. Thank goodness there was a spare set of plastic reels...
 
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I can't see all of your 50mms in the photo. Where are your 50s?:)

P.S. Your room sure beats my kitchen.
 
I'd like to be developing, or shooting, but I'm working on an Oracle data model, plus I've been on 24-hour on-call application support since last Tuesday; every night has been short on sleep. I'm not alone, either - my 22-year old son is next to me surfing on his laptop (winter break from CU-Boulder and I'm enjoying his company) and we've got our new dog.

Not complaining, though! On the photography front my father-in-law has permanently loaned me his Ambi Silette (berfore it was just an extended loan), so I am now RF-enabled again. My own Ambi Silette jammed a couple of weeks before Christmas. So, I'm contemplating if I can participate in this year's PAW (never done that before), plus the once-a-month one-light portrait project. Since my Agfa jammed, I've also been enjoying my old Canon FTb.

I perform all of my film development workflow at home, except for the scanning negative part. For that, my Dad has a Minolta Dual Scan so I stop by my parents place when I'm ready for that.

Enjoy your weekend!
Duane
 
i spend most saturday afternoons alone, by choice these days...

i'm curious to see/hear about your apx 400 in ilfosol , frank.

right now, i'm drinking what would be the equivalent of 4 espresso coffees in one giant mug.
 
Frank - you have one of those rooms that just cries out for some snooping, perhaps finding some long forgotten stuff buried at the back somewhere (perhaps a 50mm?)
 
When I die, it would be a pretty cool room for someone who knows photography to come in, look around, and offer my wife $100 for the contents. :)

Once I get one more 50mm lens from Clinton, I'll post a photo of all of them together. I'm also waiting for 2 cameras to come backfrom repair, then I'll post a shot like Keith Novak's camera cabinet one.
 
Jeez Frank, that is one darkroom...

I haven't had access to a darkroom in six months, it's getting to my nerves by now. Instead, I spent all afternoon reading up on Van Dyke and cyanotype printing which will be my next project. I saw some really nice cyanotypes here a week ago, can't remember by whom, but they got me thinking.

Unfortunately I have to import all the chemicals from the US which makes it quite a bit more expensive but I'll still give it a try. In fact, all photographic chemistry is ridiculously expensive here in Scandinavia. :(
 
Thanks a lot, Blake. No, Ry Cooder, Leon Redbone, and JJ Cale, not Barry Manilow! I thought we were friends! ;)
 
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Hello Frank and thanks for sharing the pix of your darkroom. Superb! That is one cool room---absolutely my kind of clutter! You could almost forget about the world in that kind of environment...
Thanks again!
Paul
 
SAturday alone, I drove down to Union Station to check the accessability of the train platform for my wheelchair and as long as I was down their take some pictures.

I then jumped [ok, rolled onto] the redline and headed to Hollywood and Vine. took more pictures and returned for a quick trip down Olvera Street.

And that is how I spent my "alone time" Saturday. [scans sometime next week ]
 
I spent today at work at the lab. Helped a customer for two hours that will surely be a repeat one, and may get an enlarger out of the deal. Good day, really.
 
Listening to "Classic Rock"... so you really are a 50 year-old white guy! Good music, but it really dates you (and me).

But that room, Frank -- clean it up ;) On second thought, don't bother. Tell Mrs S that I'll give her that $100 to haul it all away. In fact, to make it worth her while... make that USD100. :D
 
I wish I had a wife that would let me have a room like that. I've got plenty of rooms but I could cart my stuff away is a big Ford van, not just the photo stuff all of it. Still, I understand, for some reason there isn't enough room. Be careful of what I call 'fixer rot', I was a dentist from 1969 to 2002 and had many dark rooms. They all caused internal corrosion of my mechanical stuff, it's from the fixer.
 
That room is what we call a 10-in-5 (10 pounds of sh*t in a 5 pound sack), but I'd love to have that sack! Nice setup.

:)
 
FrankS said:
When I die, it would be a pretty cool room for someone who knows photography to come in, look around, and offer my wife $100 for the contents. :)
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I'll remember that... I know where you work too :D :eek:
 
Frank, I love the room, a lot like mine but I don't have room for my cameras and if they were in one place I would be spending all my days alone. Do you use that polaroid much? Sounds like a great day to me.
Bill
 
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