[rollei_list] Memories from the Dark
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 20:51:37 -0500
At 07:01 PM 12/21/2017, `Richard Knoppow wrote:
Yep me too. I forgot what Kodak called these tanks but they
didn't have spools, one just wound the film up in the corrugated
plastic. Kodak made some odd and interesting gear. Some junk but
most worked and was cheap.
Most kinds of adhesive tapes will do this, Triboelectric
effect. Some brighter than others but even plain Scotch tape does
it. Never heard of it fogging anything.
I did try color at home. Ansco Color or maybe it was
Anscochrome. Reversal film. Came out fairly well but was too
expensive to use routinely.
Damn, but I do miss the darkroom days. I still have the whole lot,
including two fine enlargers with great lenses, but I've gotten away
from doing it now. I might get back to it, one of these
decades. I'm 67 and retired, so why not?
I loved black and white, of course, especially with really fine-grain
emulsions. I mixed my own chemistry but, when trapped, I'd use
Ilford ID-11 or Kodak developers. And color was a gas to
process. Printing it was an awesome experience. Pulling the print
out of the tray and hanging it to dry ... then turning on the lights
(you had to try to get neutral light bulbs for the room, of course).
Now, I sit amidst box after box of negatives. Of course, I have ONE
negative I have to find, one of my son shot when he was ten or so. I
had a print framed and hanging but it got some water damage and now I
have a small bit which pulled off the center of the image. So, now I
have to find that bloody negative ....
And I have some 3D shots taken with Contaxs and Contaflex cameras. I
have several packs of negatives but where's my viewer? It's here somewhere ...
Merry Christmas!
Marc
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