I'm curious, how many of you run your own darkroom for printing and enlargement?

[Jay DeFehr]

I have a makeshift darkroom in my apt, but use a rental darkroom for serious printing. I hope to tackle scanning and digital printing at some point, but don't yet have either a capable scanner, or a printer.

[John Kasaian]

A dark roomy here!

[Bob Farr]

Darkroom. Scanning only for digital distribution.

[Greg Y]

Darkroom, Beseler MXT with Zone VI var. contrast head for med format, Durst 138 w/ colorhead for 5x7, lightbulb for Azo contact printing

[Renato Tonelli]

"Anyone who uses a camera but does not have a darkroom is depriving himself of half the fun of photography. It's a little like owning the leash without the puppy." (Paul Farber) The Amateur Photographer's Handbook, Sussman, 1973

I agree with that statement. I truly enjoy darkroom work.

[Heroique]

Darkroom. Love my Omega D2v + Omegalite head. My spouse.

Scanning. Love my Epson 4990 + Epson Scan. My mistress.

Best? Time in the field, when I can get away from both of them. Neither knows about my Tachi 4x5, an ideal arrangement.

[Kirk Gittings]

Full traditional darkroom and full digital darkroom.

[EdSawyer]

Color and bw darkroom for me.

[Leigh]

Full traditional black&white darkroom (Beseler 45MX) and digital (Epson V750/Canon Pixma 9500), though probably not as "full" as Kirk's.

For top quality I do traditional enlargements of 4x5 and contact prints of 8x10.
I use the scanner/printer to enlarge 8x10 negs and when quality is not a paramount concern, and for printing chromes (very little of that).

- Leigh

[MIke Sherck]

Darkroom. Have no facilities for scanning or printing photographs, other than my wife has an Epson all-in-one scanner/printer/fax appliance with her computer.

Mike