Originally posted by wombat2go RML,Yes it looks like that. The "project" is to get this one working
on 35 mm in as original condition as possible.
The original owner is still a keen p&s photographer and is quite a computer guy too.
He is interested to see it working again
Parts and supplies are arriving, it might take a few weeks of spare time...
Did you see "This Old House " episode? They are doing street photographer Jules Aarons old house.
Showed his darkroom and a lot of his b/w shots in the gallery.
Yeah, actually, I saw that.
They did a nice little bit on him: seemed a pity they weren't talking about preserving/restoring the darkroom (You know I would. Didn't actually look like much, but hey, History.
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And Chris is right about the fact that newer types will offer more convenience, but obviously you're dealing with a charm factor here and the old ones ought to work well enough.
They still don't look too hard to come by (The way the price of a Beseler like I have went through the roof at Freestyle I was a little worried the glut was over, but it still looks like you can do fine on Ebay, shipping the things aside. (I really had a piece of luck with mine: the moment I started shopping,there was one of my favorites, right in the next town for fourty bucks. Great was da Skor. Too bad my darkroom *space* didn't pan out so well.
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