Why not make digital inkjet negatives using Dan Burkholder's methods and do contact prints. That's what I'm planning on doing when I need a "glossy dried matte silver fix" as well as non-silver processes. Randy --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia <mark@c...> wrote: > You would think there might be a market out there if someone would come > out with an affordable color/bw enlarger head that accepts digital > files and we can all get back into the darkrooms for a while. I know > the DeVere 504 exists but at $30,000. Something that would fit on an > old Omega or Besseler chassis. Come on, anyone! I'd pay at least $1000 > for one just to smell fixer again. > Mark > > On Aug 6, 2004, at 4:23 PM, Kip Babington wrote: > > > Similar experience here this past spring. I managed to sell the > > lenses, > > lensboards and negative carriers on Ebay. But the rest of the stuff > > went > > to my kids' high school (which was delighted to receive it) except > > for the > > 1940s era GraLab timer that was my father's. Couldn't give away the > > 45MCRX > > chassis, though - I may end up cutting it up with a torch and > > throwing it > > out piecemeal in the garbage just to get it out of my way. (I've > > already > > called the local colleges and they don't want it either.) > > > > Cheers, > > Kip > > > > At 8/6/2004 11:54 AM -0700, you wrote: > > >I had the same enlarger and a much more extensive setup (tem > > control, lots > > >of lenses, etc.). A year ago, in a fairly large city, I couldn't > > find a > > >buyer for it at any price. I donated the whoe works to the local > > high > > >school. They were still teaching photography the old fashioned way, > > thank > > >goodness. > > > > > >Tom Baker > > > > > > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > > resources as they are often being updated. > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish > > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting > > this same page. > > > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > > keep them short. > > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from > > the membership without notice. > > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > > removed from the membership. > > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group > > Owner and Moderators. See "Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines" in the > > Files section: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE "OWNER" > > AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE > > LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE > > LOSSES (EVEN IF THE "OWNER" AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > > YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), > > RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, > > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF > > YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD > > PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER > > MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > <lrec_companion_043004.gif> > > <l.gif> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Digital BW] OT: b&w darkroom for sale
2004-08-06 by Randy Rancier
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