Enlarger

[Greg McCary]

I work for the local school system and years ago each school had a darkroom. At one of the schools I asked them if could I have some of the old equipment. They said yes as long as I got it all. They wanted it out of the way. Well I got five enlargers a darkroom light, timers and a ton of expired D76. The D76 is surely to old. But three of the enlargers had lenses. I think in a few weeks I am really going to give printing a go. All I really need are the chemicals. I still have one more darkroom to look through soon, I hope. Here is the best of the booty. A Beseler 23C II. I also have two other smaller Beselers....

[PWhite214]

I purchased my film processing chemicals at Freestyle Photographic Supplies - Traditional Black & White Film, Paper, Chemicals, Holgas and ULF. I have found all that I need there. Prices seem right, shipping is reasonable and pretty fast.

Enjoy, I am planning my darkroom too.

Phil

[Greg McCary]

I purchased my film processing chemicals at Freestyle Photographic Supplies - Traditional Black & White Film, Paper, Chemicals, Holgas and ULF. I have found all that I need there. Prices seem right, shipping is reasonable and pretty fast.

Enjoy, I am planning my darkroom too.

Phil

Thanks Phil I may actually have enough fresh chemicals to get started. I have a really good book and am doing my homework. I probably need some paper but just for fun I may use what I have and see if I get any results.

[la wedding photographer]

Wow that gadget is really useful to a photographer.Great of you to share this one to us others will know what this is. God Bless!

[Greg1215]

What a lucky find. We were using enlargers in my high school class and it was pretty fulfilling to make your own prints and get them exactly how you wanted them.

[Deuns]

Is that what create film graphics ????

[Don Schaeffer]

It brings back memories of the 1970s when I had one of these. I was a terrible film processor, but I tried.

[Greg McCary]

It brings back memories of the 1970s when I had one of these. I was a terrible film processor, but I tried.

Thanks Don I actually started taking down the darkroom. It seems these latest digital cameras I have have stolen the fun out of film. I had an endless struggle to keep the environment dust free anyway. If I do shoot film I will scan the negatives.

[Axle]

Thanks Don I actually started taking down the darkroom. It seems these latest digital cameras I have have stolen the fun out of film. I had an endless struggle to keep the environment dust free anyway. If I do shoot film I will scan the negatives.

And yet my friend and I recently put up a darkroom of our own. and we run three enlargers, a Durst, a Besler 23C II with a Dichromo head, and a Besler Printmaker 35.

Now I just have a find an enlarger that handles 4x5 negs.

[Greg McCary]

And yet my friend and I recently put up a darkroom of our own. and we run three enlargers, a Durst, a Besler 23C II with a Dichromo head, and a Besler Printmaker 35.

Now I just have a find an enlarger that handles 4x5 negs.

Good luck finding an enlarger. I have seen some on Craigslist, although not 4x5, at come and get it out of my way pricing.

[benlinus]

Wow that's really fantastic, thanks for sharing, Love to see this. You have a very nice and informative article/Thread, this will real gonna help out many real photographers. well i'm a beginner in this field, don't know its usage as much but guess it really gonna helpful.

[Juli Black]

so lucky to see the classic equipment here! awesome!!!