[pure-silver] Re: Nostalgia For 5 Papers
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:35:36 -0800
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From: "Gerald Koch" <gerald.koch@xxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:19 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Nostalgia For 5 Papers
When I was eleven my parents gave me an a b c Photo Lab Kit.
It contained a
contact printer, trays, thermometer, graduate, Velox paper
and Trichem packs.
It was my initial entry into developing my own film and
making prints. A few
years ago, I was able to purchase an unused kit on ebay.
Jerry
My experience was similar. My dad took a photography
course offered by the Boy Scouts I think. He brought home a
Kodak darkroom in a box. He never did anything with it but I
set up in the basement and developed a roll of film and
printed it. I think it was 127 size Verichrome. The kit was
minimal, it had a ruby lamp, a small printing frame, three
small trays, a couple of film clips, a package of Velox, a
couple of Tri-Chem-Paks and maybe a couple of other items, I
don't remember for sure. I still remember seeing the film
come up in the developer. It seemed to take forever but was
probably only about five minutes. I made prints using a
light bulb as a source. I have no idea what the pictures
were of, probably just the front of the house. I must have
been about eight. I had had some exposure (no pun intended)
to photography earlier than that but it was the first time I
actually worked the process. I am seventy now and its still
magic.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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