35mm

[Vipers]

Does anyone old enough to remember this





Even tried E46 (think that is the process, it was for ektachrome), lots of bottles of lovely different colours in the sink. Drove the OH nuts. It will wash out, I told her.

When I carried out my first B & W process, I was just so gobsmacked when I opened the Patterson drum, and saw the negatives.

Thank god for digital, and places like www.photobox.co.uk still got all the stuff in the loft, complete with the Durst enlarger, timer, etc etc.

[_dobbo_]

I'll give you £20 for the lot plus whatever it costs to send it. Just bought yet another 35mm camera and in addition have 15 rolls of film I can't send to be processed anywhere so need to do them myslf.

Seriously though - PM me if you want me to take it off your hands.

[Simpo Two]

Vipers said:

Does anyone old enough to remember this

Me does old enough to make sense of that!

Yep, processed BW film and made prints with my late father, but not colour. He had a dental 'workshop' that converted into a fully equipped darkroom and also a small room known as the 'X-Ray cupboard' which was totally dark and used for the developing. I still have many of the smaller items.

[Vipers]

Photographers these days don't know they are born

You should see my MPP half plate, now loading the negs is an art in itself.

[Simpo Two]

Half plate, luxury. We had double plate. Took two men to load it...

[DIW35]

Remember it? I've still got one somewhere, along with a double sized one that allowed you to develop two rolls of film at once, and a small stainless steel tank that could be loaded whilst wet, which the Paterson ratchet system struggled to cope with.

[Vipers]

DIW35 said:

Remember it? I've still got one somewhere, along with a double sized one that allowed you to develop two rolls of film at once, and a small stainless steel tank that could be loaded whilst wet, which the Paterson ratchet system struggled to cope with.

I remember the stainless ones, they did indeed load when wet, as you say Pattersons strugled, think I have a multi Patterson one somewhere.

I recall my brother printing from a 116 film (Long gone now, they were postcard size negs), just put the postcard size paper over the neg, pop in in a light box, turn it on a few seconds, and process, no need for an enlarger.

[Bacardi]

Why would you want to load a wet reel? Given that they're so easy to dry compared to Paterson. I use and prefer the japanese stainless ones for 35mm. A bit of a knack to load them compared to Paterson, but easy once learnt and uses less chemicals too.

120 is another matter though, I never mastered the stainless for that size, always managed to leave parts of the film touching, Paterson much easier for that size.