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

[Robin Casady <rcasady@scruznet.com>]

If you decide to go mail-order, you could try Calumet Photographic 800
225-8638. I have purchased a lot of equipt. from them over the years.
They are more reliable than the cut-rate NY mail-order places, and their
prices are good.

Joseph O'Neil wrote:
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> 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

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