I'm not sure what a "nice voice" sounds like to Aussies. I'd rather have neutral bleeps. I reckon the only thing those obnoxious new Alexa devices should be programmed to understand is, "shut up".
I'm not sure what a "nice voice" sounds like to Aussies. I'd rather have neutral bleeps. I reckon the only thing those obnoxious new Alexa devices should be programmed to understand is, "shut up".
The display on the two digital Gralab 645 timers I have can be turned off. There is a metronome function as well. I think the Gralab 900 I have can do the same. The Kearsarge timer I have can't be shut off.
Hope that helps you.
I used an Ironman digital watch timer in my pants pocket set to beep every minute, when I developed in a dark bathroom tub.
Open lights...
Use a paper safe as your tray, or place your tray inside a paper safe or another light tight box, in that way your tray is a "daylight tank". When development done... close lights, move the film to the stop bath and after 30s you may open lights, fix also lights open. While you fix/wash that sheet you may develop the next one.
This 11x14 paper safe was e sold for $18, you place tour tray inside...
Ensure that your sheet does not float in the chem...
Unicolor Jingle Bell is the one I use for all my film developing.
No electricity required... Dead simple and paraphrasing the words of Monty Python, it's a machine that goes BING!
I use the same system, although I recorded my voice in my phone. I play it through a bluetooth speaker. The recording marks the time in intervals of 15 seconds. It is very convenient, because I never know exactly when I’m going to place the film in the developer.
Best,
Pau
Mozart wrote the Minute Waltz (actually translates to miniature, but hey). We need some music for darkroom timing. Maybe the Normal Waltz, the Minus Etude, and the Push Polonaise. Something catchy.
Correction:
Doremus, right you are. I should have known better. My father played it all the time. It was like the alarm clock of my nightmares. It would be different now. Thanks.
Last edited by Eric Woodbury; 13-Nov-2019 at 15:20.
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