Sunday, December 9, 2018

Another Darkroom Buy

Did another Kijiji darkroom gear buy today, for $100 CAD got.

- 3 8x10 trays
- dial thermometer
- 2 older style enlarger timers
- one older small safe-light
- multiple print tongs
- Old Ultrafine paper powdered developer (too old?)
- 3 section paper safe 8x10 (has paper inside, exposed?)
- cheap color print enlarging exposure analyzer (useless)
- electric flash meter (made in Japan, possibly useful)
- 3 lens tissue
- 5 different paper easel types (good for rental work with beginners.)
- one nice almost new large dial Grab Lab timer
- various darkroom contrast filters, Ilford, Kodak
- small Durst enlarger (35mm-120mm, might be able to use it in the wet plate travel trailer darkroom)
- nice quality Durst 66 (35mm and 120mm) condenser enlarger with no baseboard.
- all the enlarger accessories, 35nn and 120mm neg carries for both enlargers and a another condenser for the 66 enlarger
- two lower end grain focusing loupes (good to use if the darkroom becomes a rental space).
- several other items, forget them all just now....a nice buy overall at a reasonable price.

I plan on using the large Grab Lab dial timer in the 2nd darkroom. I now have 3 I can spread around the darkroom, including one my dad used to time his baking with.

The 66 enlarger I plan on mounting to a table top allowing for projections onto the floor for extra large prints.  I did not expect this enlarge in the deal, so was happy it was included. Was mainly interested in the Grab Lab timer, and the other smaller things.

Some of today's new darkroom stuff