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

["Christopher Go" <rigel@mozcom.com>]

Thanks for your advise.  I will have a personal instructor for this.  With
regards to printing, I have a friend who is a pro who will do it WITH ME. 
He's giving me free access to his very nice equiptment.  

Thanks.

Chris

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> From: Joseph O'Neil <joneil@obs.empath.on.ca>
> To: astro-photo@nightsky.com
> Subject: Re: [APML]: Where to buy developing equiptments/chemicals
> Date: Wednesday, September 25, 1996 9:12 PM
> 
> 
> 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