Kodak T-MAX 3200 is coming back! (Page 4): I too, have an old boxed B/W enlarger. I do miss the smell of the darkroom.

Bar Loc: da 'YouPee', eh!

I too, have an old boxed B/W enlarger. I do miss the smell of the darkroom.

kjfishman Loc: Fulton MO

Seems I sold all my dark room equipment too soon.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I used to push Tri-X to something over 6400. Thanks to a mistake in the darkroom years ago. Used the wrong series of chemicals. Instead of throwing out the roll of film when I saw it, I started going through the steps I did. Found the mistake and then experimented on a way to control it. It worked quite well.
--Bob

rpavich wrote:

ROCHESTER, N.Y. February 23, 2018 – Kodak Alaris ... (show quote)

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I don't. Like the OP, I still regularly shoot film. Love the fragrance of fixer.
--Bob

Bar wrote:

I too, have an old boxed B/W enlarger. I do miss the smell of the darkroom.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

lamiaceae wrote:

That is cool for many. Shows how much I follow film trends since Kodachrome and Plus-X were discontinued. I had not even noticed T-MAX 3200 was gone. I only used T-MAX 100 and 400. I still shoot film very occasionally, and then mostly B&W 35mm & 4x5".

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

rmalarz wrote:

I don't. Like the OP, I still regularly shoot film. Love the fragrance of fixer.
--Bob

Given that I spend 20+ hours in the darkroom a week between work and home, it has become my cologne. Some of my photographer friends notice and often comment about it. I've ceased to notice the smell.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Darkroom317 wrote:

Given that I spend 20+ hours in the darkroom a week between work and home, it has become my cologne. Some of my photographer friends notice and often comment about it. I've ceased to notice the smell.

I spent an evening with Brett Weston. The fingernails on his left hand were permanently stained black. 👍

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Kiron Kid wrote:

I spent an evening with Brett Weston. The fingernails on his left hand were permanently stained black. 👍

I'm guessing he used Amidol, like his father did. It will do that to your fingernails. I spent several days studying with Alan Ross in the darkroom. He uses his bare hands to develop pints. I used to do that, but I now use gloves after having developed a skin reaction to Metol.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Darkroom317 wrote:

I'm guessing he used Amidol, like his father did. It will do that to your fingernails. I spent several days studying with Alan Ross in the darkroom. He uses his bare hands to develop pints. I used to do that, but I now use gloves after having developed a skin reaction to Metol.

Yes, Amidol. And he knocked down half of my Guinness stock 👍😁

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

drmike99 wrote:

Sadly it seems that NOTHING comes in 220 rolls anymore. I have 5 rolls left of 2006 era (frozen continuously since being in-date) Ektachrome 220 for my Bronica ETRSi and Pentax 6x7 and then that’s it- just 120 thereafter.

I have found some 220 and 120 as well as 35mm at DOD Camera in Cincinnati a year or so ago but I did not care for date code being out of date. I was told it had been in the freezer all the time but I am not one to always believe the sales rep. Besides I know of no one processing film unless you do that yourself any longer. All the labs here in Cincinnati have closed up. Digital may be great for us photographers but it did put a lot of companies out of business as well as their employees. I really prefer film for Black and White as it has more than a 250 gray scale which limits digital for B&W photos.

drmike99 Loc: Fairfield Connecticut

drklrd wrote:

I have found some 220 and 120 as well as 35mm at D... (show quote)

Try The Darkroom in California or Old School Photo in NH. Both online, both process B&W and color neg (C41) and color slide (E6) in 35mm, 120, 220. With prints or scans or both or neither. Both very good I use both. Both allow you to prepay online (or not) and both provide free mailers and/or downloadable mailing labels.

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

drmike99 wrote:

Try The Darkroom in California or Old School Photo in NH. Both online, both process B&W and color neg (C41) and color slide (E6) in 35mm, 120, 220. With prints or scans or both or neither. Both very good I use both. Both allow you to prepay online (or not) and both provide free mailers and/or downloadable mailing labels.

Thanks for the info but I have no film left to process.
I have thought about making glass slides for my old wooden view camera. I just remember that the chemical process could be dangerous to my health unless properly ventilated. I have used a black and white emulsion that was off the shelf years ago to make a large special effect box and a tinted blue picture of a bridge. It was a complicated process but you could print on anything you could paint the emulsion onto. That stuff was red light safe too so you could see what you were doing.

DJO

burkphoto wrote:

You can simulate any film look you like in software. Infinite possibility...

Please tell me exactly which software you are referring to, and exactly where it can be obtained.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

DJO wrote:

Please tell me exactly which software you are referring to, and exactly where it can be obtained.

I was thinking the same thing. Pretty sure no software will enable you to simulate the look of Adox CMS 20 II.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

RWR wrote:

I was thinking the same thing. Pretty sure no software will enable you to simulate the look of Adox CMS 20 II.

Especially since CMS 20 has a higher resolution than any 24x36 mm digital sensor. If that's not enough, CMS 20 is also available in 120 rolls and 4x5 sheet film.