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Old 1st September 2012, 03:33 PM
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If anyone is interested in the following please send me a PM.


P&P included on the following items, UK mainland only please:

Patterson orbital (not motorised) modified for 4x5 processing - £35
RH Designs stopclock pro + footswitch (excellent) - £130
RH Designs Safetorch (as new) - £8
Schneider componon S 80mm f/4 (excellent) - £45
Schneider componon 105mm f/5.6 (mounted for 39mm fit) - £30
150mm f/5.6 EL Nikkor (Excellent) - £85
Foma Varient 123 paper 12x9.5 (129 sheets - 6 months old) - £80
Foma Varient 123 paper 12x16 (100 sheets - 6 months old) -£110
RH Designs paper flasher II - £50



For pickup only (Chester)

L&J 4x5 compact cold cathode enlarger - £95
Meopta Magnifax 4a 6x9 enlarger - £100
16x12 5 slot paper washer - £50
16x20 Nova ecomaster 5 slot washer - £50
16x12 Nova Quad processor - £75
Jobo CPE2 + Lift with lots of drums/spirals - £100
Photax 16x20 300w print dryer - £30
2 x Dishwarmers 15x24" and 10x18" - £30
3 x Easels - LPL 16x20, ISF 16x12, LPL 10x8 - £40
Photon Beard 13x15 (max 10x12 paper) Easel - £40
Trays - 20x24,16x20, 12x16, 10x8 (lots) etc - £50


Lots if other bits and pieces - jugs, chemicals (LD20, Selenium, gold) etc very cheap if you are picking up something.

All the best


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Old 1st September 2012, 07:55 PM
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None of my business really Steve but having lost Dave who was selling a lot of stuff a few weeks ago, I hope we are not losing you to either analogue photography or from FADU

Best of luck with sale. Some good items and prices

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Old 1st September 2012, 09:36 PM
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Mike if you are right, I think we should ban members selling off their darkroom gear in case it disheartens the membership
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Steve, hope you do not intend to quit with darkroom work...

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Old 2nd September 2012, 09:50 AM
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Sadly you are all right, I am exiting the film and darkroom arena for a number of reasons. Primarily it is a lack of time due to work and family commitments that mean I just cannot get into the darkroom to process and print very often, I have 8 months worth of films still waiting to be processed and my printing skills are suffering.

A close second however is my ongoing issue with chemical odours that has been getting worse over the past couple of years to the point where even the permanent use of a Nova slot processor and odourless chemicals can leave me with discomfort for days. I have installed 3 extractors fans (on directly over the Nova) and also use a high spec gas mask but I can still get wheezy so enough is enough. One whiff of something like rapid fix is asking for trouble and I also avoid the use of many household cleaners for the same reason.

So the equipment is all up for sale and I will be going digital but hope to maintain a look and feel like that of film and silver printing which I believe can almost be done. I will miss the analogue world and all the people who have supported me over the years.

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Old 2nd September 2012, 10:21 AM
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Steve I'm so sorry that you have to give up your darkroom work. I came across another person who had to give up analogue work for much the same reason. I always admired your work and I have a lovely lith print of yours of Boston Harbour which I've saved in my photo album.
Good luck with your venture into digital and I'm sure you can carry many of your skills from the analogue world into it.
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Old 2nd September 2012, 10:40 AM
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Thanks for the kind words Vincent, I'm absolutely committed to making my future work look as real as I can and avoid the temptation to overprocess it. I'm sure I'll end up adding grain and keeping shapening to a minimum to avoid that super smooth look which ruins mosts digital B&W work.


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Sorry to hear you are leaving the film and darkroom world, and good luck in the future
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Bad luck, Steve. Sadly if you are susceptible to darkroom chems then it seems there's little that can be done. There are high tech respirators as I understand it but I certainly wouldn't want to be in a darkroom looking like something out of a Quatermass episode.

If you are not old enough to remember the series it was a 1950s science fiction series on the BBC. It used to frighten me as a boy

Best of luck with digital

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Steve, you taught me something about lith printing and I'm getting into it now. Thank you for what you did and I wish you happiness and peace in whatever you are getting into.
Just one word of caution : I'm older than you and thus have more experience. I have in my life taken drastic decisions, throwing away things that seemed superfluous then. And many years later found myself searching to buy the same stuff back.
But anyway, good luck!
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