think I should consider, while trying to setup my DR? I did a search on Darkrooms, and read and saw plenty of darkroom examples. Since I'm just starting out with one, which will look very crude to some that I saw here, what is the one most important "factor" I should consider, to make sure I get off on the right foot?
TIA
Darkness
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
sound system
Got it coveredOriginally Posted by vinny
, question is.... What type of Music? I listen to Sirius XM all day, pumped through an amp in the studio with some BOSE speakers located at the front of the shop.
Maybe some Floyd's Dark side of the Moon?
Sound Check - Checked!
Brian, working on that today hopefully.
Ground fault interruptors for your protection.
A good large sink with temperature controlled running water.
J. K.
Make sure your wife doesn't mind you disappearing for hours and hours on end, inside the damn house but unreachable except by shouting.
Paint the walls white, not black.
Really.
A lock on the door.
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
Since I already had a sink, the next thing in the construction of my darkroom that made if functional was the drying cabinet. Dust that settles on the film emulsion during drying is permanent.
Next important thing was a table for the enlarger and a electrical outlet for the enlarger.
Next important thing was a table or counter for the print trays.
Jobo processor followed.
Then 4x5 enlarger.
Then densitometers and sensitometers, pro-mixing graduates, Graylab timers, Seal Press, lenses, archival print washer, extra Jobo drums and reels, enlarger negative holders, enlarger footswitch, extra timers, heads, power supplies, 8x10 enlarger, additional 4x5 enlargers, etc. followed over the next decade, but were not essential.
I used changing bags and daylight processing drums and printed at night for ten years until I recently got a light trap for my window.
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