I just bought myself a Nocon F timer

v-un-v

I just bought a secondhand Nocon F timer on ebay! These things are like gold dust Very Happy

For all those uninitiated out there, the Nocon F was designed by the American photographic printing guru Gene Nocon, who devised this system of printing using f-stops instead of just 'blocks of time'- obvious really.

more blurb here;

http://www.rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/f-stop_printing.html

I don't know that many who get excited over a darkroom timer especially in these days of Photoshop et al- but I certainly do!! Laughing

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elektro80 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:56 am Post subject:

I never had one of those. I managed anyway. Very Happy

Re: exposure, I used to be an "ansel adams zone nut". Great stuff!

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:59 am Post subject:

A proper old fashioned darkrom for medium and large format printing is on the wishlist when we eventually get a larger pad.
btw: that timer of yours seems pretty useful.

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:01 am Post subject:

Yeah the zone stuff was pretty fun Twisted Evil

but it's so much easier to print well from large format anyway. 35mm was always a challenge (but a great challenge it was! Very Happy

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I used to have a lovely old Beseler enlarger too- with a fantastic easel too, which I can't remember the name of.

Did you know that Agfa went and discontinued Record Rapid?? Crying or Very sad

Lovely paper. What a shame Sad

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:02 am Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:08 am Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:12 am Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:13 am Post subject:

BTW, the Canon 40-D is kinda tempting..

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:21 am Post subject:

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