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From: "Julia Oliveira" <juliamartina@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Ford motor and Rolleiflex
> Hello everyone,
> I'm Julia, a new subscriber. I have a passion for
> photography and want to
> learn as much as I can... (I don't want to learn much
> about digital
> photography. I like the old fashioned kind better,
> although I must admit
> that digital photography is truly practical). I have not
> taken any classes.
> I wish to find one that will teach me what I want to
> learn... I'd love to
> have a dark room--and know what to do with it... how to
> develop my own
> pictures... and although there's reading material out
> there on the matter, I
> fear that I need "hands on" to learn.
> I own a Rolleiflex. Bought it on Ebay. I treasure it, but
> know nothing about
> it, really.
> Maybe I will learn from your more experienced minds.
>
> Julia
>
Hi, Julia and welcome. I am not sure what books are
currently available but there are some very good older ones.
Do you have access to a good public library where you are,
if so I can make some suggestions. Kodak used to have a very
good primer on line. I will check to see if its still
available but I have it in my files.
Kodak especially worked to make photography easy and
accessible to all. Its not quite as simple as making a Xerox
copy but I think that was their goal. Processing B&W film is
very easy. Color is just about as simple but requires better
control in a couple of places. Printing is also pretty
simple, the complexities come when you begin to refine your
technique.
Film processing does not require a darkroom, only a dark
place to load the developing tank. While I do have a
darkroom I use what is called a changing bag to load the
tanks. This is just a lightproof bag with elastic sleeves in
it. Printing requires a darkroom but it can be makeshifted.
The only expensive item is an enlarger and enlarging lens.
Because so many people have dropped "wet" photography for
the digital kind a lot of darkroom equipment has come on the
used market at quite low prices. This includes some very
good enlargers. If you have a bit of patience you can find a
good one at a bargain price.
Developing tanks are available used for a few dollars.
For film you really need only the tank, the chemicals, and a
couple of clothes pins to hang the film to dry. Printing
requires some more stuff but there are not a lot of basics.
If you can follow a simple cooking recipe for cooking you
can develop and print.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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