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On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 17:45:05 -0400, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>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.

Sure, it can be done if you _own_ the house and if it's big enough to
dedicate a space to the darkroom.

Digital is vastly more convenient.
 
>> 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.

There's only so much streamlining you can do, especially when there is
a spouse involved.
 
>> 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.