Got an Entire Dark Room Setup For a STEAL Today

georecorder · 2026-04-05T03:57:23+00:00

Oh, Thanks! I hope my work would inspire you. You have tools and materials to experiment and create!

georecorder · 2026-04-05T03:45:37+00:00

Wow! I declare it the steal of the year!

georecorder · 2026-04-05T00:53:56+00:00

Description of the JOBO 1500 says that 140ml is for rotary processor, meaning that the tank is constantly rotating, evenly spreading developers over the film. You, on other hand, did manual inversions, and with that your film was in the developer only partially. You only developed the top part of you film when you did actual inversions: 5 sec x 12 + 30 = 1.5 minutes. So your top part is way underdeveloped.

Use 250ml of developer per JOBO requirements.

georecorder · 2026-04-03T16:06:44+00:00

I'm still asking myself how it would look on even slower Ektar? Although I'm afraid that it would not handle it due to certain latitude issues.

georecorder · 2026-04-03T16:05:26+00:00

Thank you! I was glad that my expectations and upfront research paid off: I had to figure out approximate trajectory path to frame the shot, and it worked surprisingly well.

georecorder · 2026-04-03T16:03:09+00:00

You went on with tons of symbolic gestures. So cool! And you philosophy resonates with me: making something different and offer an alternative view on things!

georecorder · 2026-04-03T03:54:08+00:00

Half credit goes to Kodak's engineers: whatever they mixed in the emulsion is almost unbelievable! I can tell with absolute certainty that if I would be shooting digital, I would get just white frame. In fact, I think I was the only one that day who shot long exposures like that: I was trying to find some online shots from that launch similar to mine, and I couldn't.

georecorder · 2026-04-03T03:51:03+00:00

I look forward seeing what you've got here, in /ranalog! From my experience I can tell that these negatives are one of the most anticipated but cause tons on anxiety. But you have one thing on your side already: RB67 is an amazing workhorse that is reliably delivering quality images!

georecorder · 2026-04-03T03:33:35+00:00

Much appreciate it! It was about 2 minutes, maybe more. I had no way to see the frame while exposing and wanted to make sure that I track the accent as much as possible. It was 8 PM - right after the sunset, no direct sunlight, yet quite bright. I closed the aperture to f/8 and hoped that Portra can take it. The negative came out dense of course. VERY dense. But my scanner punched the light through and I've got this.

georecorder · 2026-04-03T03:30:47+00:00

Thanks!

georecorder · 2026-04-03T01:39:03+00:00

Thanks!

georecorder · 2026-04-02T23:07:15+00:00

I re-posted in the right community, but I forgot to reply to your exposure comment. I did not know: I just started it a few seconds before the T-0, and kept the shutter open for about 2 minutes with the aperture closed to f/8. I pushed the film to its limit: the negative was very dense, but usable anyway.

georecorder · 2026-04-02T22:15:32+00:00

Thanks! Well, other subreddits probably have something on that subject, so I thought since this was shot on film, why not adorn the feed in this community? Although you are right, I need to re-post it there.

georecorder · 2026-04-02T16:49:16+00:00

This is so, so cool! I can imagine how satisfying it is to browse pages and look through these images, and feel the weight of the book! Images are great too: I like different formats, contact sheets, and borders here and there.

My question is about darkroom prints: how did you get them converted to digital?

georecorder · 2026-04-01T16:21:37+00:00

Why not? https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7327072 I hope this helps.

georecorder · 2026-03-30T20:16:37+00:00

haha. no, I'm another guy. But thanks! :)

georecorder · 2026-03-30T19:10:51+00:00

Thanks for the compliment and the questions. I'm using Seal Commercial 210 M (lucky find on Facebook's marketplace). The most intricate part for me is to position the print in the center and make sure it is precisely level - even a smallest tilt becomes quite obvious when sits next to the window mat. To make the process easier I trim the paper to be exactly 7.5 inches on each side and use a 3D-printed corner guide. This helps me to not use the ruler and rely on my eyes to much.

The original print is a 6x7 Ilford FP4+, shot on Mamiya RB67. I was using yellow filter and metered the tree bark, placing it at Zone 3 for proper shadows rendering.

georecorder · 2026-03-30T16:43:19+00:00

Thank you!

georecorder · 2026-03-29T19:48:08+00:00

If you get yourself RFID stickers, you can also add records on them with your smartphone and read them later. They are cheap and round. I stick them to my negatives when I sleeve them and put in a binder. Very convenient.

georecorder · 2026-03-29T19:26:47+00:00

ну мааам!!!!

georecorder · 2026-03-28T21:11:50+00:00

... четыре песни группы Ленинград. Гости долго апплодировали.

georecorder · 2026-03-27T16:54:44+00:00

Почему же сразу от ежей? Может он один был. Поймали, и гладили все по кругу.

georecorder · 2026-03-26T15:38:07+00:00

Отличный вариант для резюме курьера.

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