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Questor <usenet@only.tnx> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:57:29 -0400, J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:54:22 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>> On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 4:08:09 AM UTC-4, Brian Reay wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I still have the kit to do BW processing (it was something I taught our 
>>>> children) and some 35 mm cameras, including a couple of CRFs. I get the 
>>>> urge every now and them to load up a film etc but the whole process is 
>>>> just to tedious. Not so much the actual processing - that is quite 
>>>> quick- but getting the improvised darkroom ready etc.
>>> 
>>> While Kodak no longer makes chemicals, other companies do, such as Ilford.
>>> For instance:
>>> 
>>> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Darkroom-Equipment/ci/4942/N/4288586562
>> 
>> So?  He didn't say he couldn't get chemicals, he said setting up the
>> darkroom was a pain in the butt.  Maybe you are (a) not a photographer
>> or (b) some rich flake who can afford a permanent darkroom in his
>> house, but for the rest of us we have to block off all light leaks in
>> the room and then set up the enlarger and the trays and whatnot.  The
>> room has to have running water which means either the bathroom or the
>> kitchen, and the bathroom usually doesn't have enough counter space so
>> by default it's the kitchen.  And once you're done you have to take it
>> all down again.
> 
> Some people put spare bedrooms and/or bathrooms in their basement.  Some people
> have rec rooms with a wet bar.  A close relative realized one of their childhood
> dreams and built a darkroom in the basement.  And they were neither rich nor a
> flake.
> 
> People who regularly need to set up a temporary darkroom in their home will
> quickly streamline the process.  Someone who only occasionally develops and
> prints film would very likely find it a PITA.  And once you mix the solutions,
> they have a limited shelf life.
> 
> Film photography was not necessarily an expensive endeavor.  Like so many
> activities however, it could certainly absorb as much money as one cared to
> throw at it.
> 
> 

The Americans had a number of scenes withPhilip or Elizabeth setting ip
their secret basement darkroom and developing some stuff.

-- 
Pete