Gralab 500; I find having 1/10 second extremely valuable.
Gralab 500; I find having 1/10 second extremely valuable.
I have a Stopclock Pro on the Devere 507 and a Baeurle Digital Timer/Analyser on the LPL 7700.
After using for decades some stone-aged Durst timers, since past december I`m using a StopClock Pro from RH designs, and find it to be unbeatable.
Stop Clock Pro
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
The commodore 64-like controller for my AC1200 can be set for tenths of a second (I've never felt the need to do that), and also delays the timer and shutter a moment whilst the lamp warms up - it makes everything very repeatable. There are heaps of other features I don't use at all, and it is rather large, but... so awesome. I wouldn't find it hard to return to the simplicity and terrifying buzzer of my old Gra-Lab.
Marc!
I use a Gralab 645 digital timer modified for my Saunders 4550. It has two channels which is fine for almost all the prints I make. I could never get used to metronomes or other methods. The dial Gralabs used to drive me crazy since I would forget what the settings were. The auto reset Time-o-Lites were better. There are of course a ton of different good timers that have been made over the years. I never understood the f-stop printing thing. I used to know Nocon and talked to him about it, but I didn't drink the cool aid as they say. I like things simple and transparent when I am in the darkroom and I print by feel. I don't like anything getting in the way of that.
Anything that's an f/stop timer. It will change your world, and far for the better.
ex-Pic-A-Day (slowed after 2 years)
on flickr
Analogue Photo and Film FAQ (for APUG)
Open Source F/Stop Timer
+1
Time-O-Lite and one second tone to count as the image is crafted..
Simple, durable very functional and involvement with the print making process..
Bernice
Originally Posted by E. von Hoegh
I got a Gralab 545 off ebay and It is really nice. I used it last night and it does everything I could want. Thanks for all the help!
Generalizations are made because they are Generally true...
Darkroom Automation F stop timer..have three of them.
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