(cross posted on apug)
The house is going up for sale and we're going to be moving to an
apartment a couple states away. It's time to contemplate the
disposition of the printing side of the darkroom. I'll keep the film
side active with the move, but printing is going to be that other
nameless technology.
Sadly, my killer darkroom will end up getting dismantled and hopefully
will bless some people around the APUG gang. I'll be doing a bunch of
classifieds, I guess. Hopefully somebody within reasonable distance of
Iowa will be interested in some of the bigger items, like the Omega
Super Chromega D enlarger, the print washers, trays, easels, etc.
There is also the RH Designs StopClock Professional and ZoneMaster II.
Tons of items to either upgrade or do a complete turn-key darkroom
with Color Omega 6x6cm and 4x5" enlargers.
Also, there are two unopened 50-sheet boxes of Polymax Fine Art and RC
paper in 16x20 size, along with boxes of papers that date back to the
1950's that include Dupont Defender DL Velour Black. In fact, I have
one partial box of Dupont Defender 8x10 that has a Use Before Date of
9-49. (trust me, there isn't enough restrainer in the world to get a
good print from it, but I have done a fix/wash/recoat tests with
excellent results and the paper has a character unlike anything
available today).
I'm not very happy about losing the darkroom, but I vowed that this
was going to be my last one and I've definitely gotten my enjoyment
and purpose out of it. I really would like to bless people with the
stuff at reasonable prices and AVOID ebay.
So, unless somebody jumps through their computer keyboard at me saying
"I'll take it lock stock and barrel", I'll be listing stuff in the
APUG classifieds here over the next few weeks. The bulk of the items
will be very reasonably priced, whereas other items (RH Designs gear,
washer, easels) will be fair but not giveaway priced.
I am not looking forward to losing the darkroom, but I haven't done
enough custom printing for others over the past two years to justify
keeping it rolling. My primary business has been in custom development
for B&W and E6 film, so it makes no sense to take up half a uhaul to
relocate it to an apartment.
AG Schnozz
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Ken Norton
ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.zone-10.com
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