Re: [APML]: Where to buy developing equiptments/chemicals

[joneil@obs.empath.on.ca (Joseph O'Neil)]

Christopher Go <rigel@mozcom.com> writes:
> 
> Does any of you know where I can get developing equiptments (for color and
> B/W, ie. reels, developing tanks, chemicals, etc.)?  Is this available mail
> order or is there a store in the Seattle Area that sells these items?  I
> want to develop my own film because I get film scratches when I develop
> these in 1 hr photo shops.

    There are several mail order houses happy to sell you all you need.  
However, Seattle should be a large enough city to have a few good photo 
stores that will carry darkroom equipment.

        Before you take the plunge too deeply, I reccomend either joining 
a local camera club or taking a small course (if one is available) in 
developing and printing first.  This may sound like a paradox, but 
developing film is always simple but never easy.  Try B&W first, then 
move to colour.  The exception perhaps are colour slides.  Printing 
colour pictures is a real art.  You might find the way to go with colour 
prints is to develop your won film, then take in the negatives for 
selected prints.]

        Good luckm, and one last bit of advice an instructor once gave me 
- "no matter how badly you think you are developing your film, you are 
still giving it better care than 90% of the commercial labs out there."
joe