Tour of my Darkroom

Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Houston, Texas

I have been into B&W photography for about 40 years. Over that time I have collected most of the equipment that I now use in the darkroom. In the Summer of 2002, I expanded my garage to pursue another passion, rebuilding old Corvettes. In the construction, I also had built a 10'X12' darkroom. Here are some shots of how I have my darkroom setup:

I have 2 enlargers, a Beseler 23C, and a Beseler 45MCRX. Both have Nikon Lenses.

Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Houston, Texas

I bought this sink from a graphic company that was transistioning to digital:

Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Houston, Texas

I keep day-to-day data written in grease pencil on this laminated sheet:

Gotta have the tunes cranked while working in the Darkroom!

Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Houston, Texas

The light table:

Print Dryer:

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:52 pm

Nice DR, bit bigger then mine but the rest looks the same. I don't do color printing so my enlarger is Beseler 67 with Nikon glass

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:20 pm

nikonf4guy wrote

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my enlarger is Beseler 67

same enlarger i have run my through a converter due to higher voltage in the uk (240volts) not bad considering it cost me nothing chap said i would have to rewire it but i manage to track a converter box down which cost me a £5.00
ive bust the lamp(cleaning it ,it was very dusty and dirty when i picked it up) need to get one imported form the usa its the same type as they use in spots but different kelvin ,wattage and volts.
esj 85w 82 volt ge5 fitting
if you know a dealer that sells them pm me with the web address
thanks
nick

Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 3

Thanks to share with us :)
I must say you got many space and good material.

I have a question.
Recently I bought an enlarger with a Hoya lens 50mm 2.8/16.
This is a good lens? Or I must buy an El-Nikkor?

Thanks...

Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 62 Location: 70802

Nice setup! I have the same Beseler 23C enlarger. I also have another black one that I never use.

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:57 pm

bvg wrote:

Thanks to share with us :)
I must say you got many space and good material.

I have a question.
Recently I bought an enlarger with a Hoya lens 50mm 2.8/16.
This is a good lens? Or I must buy an El-Nikkor?

Thanks...

I'm not personally familiar with the hoyas, but I'll say this, when I started using a beseler 23C enlarger, it had a crappy beslar lens, and when I switched that for a nikon EL, OMG! Such a huge improvement! I honestly think the Nikkor enlarging lenses are as good as it gets. Unfortunately they are no longer being made, so buy 'em while supplies last! They also make excellent macro lenses when reverse mounted on a camera.

Nice DR by the way, Mr. Frame! Mine is bigger but I have less stuff :( well, unfortuately it isn't "mine" ... it belongs to my department so occasionally I have to chase students away. But I have the exact same drier. I badly need a proper print washer for fiber paper, I only have one sink.

:) keithwms