I agree that there's no need for fancy timing equipment, but that the important thing is repeatability. Hell, with a weak enough developer solution even a sun dial becomes a viable timer <vbg>.
I use the timer on my microwave oven, as mentioned before. When I set up the darkroom I decided that I'd still process film in the kitchen, in part because changing timers was unappealing. Why do you put the clock on the floor? "Bill D. Casselberry" wrote: > > I just lay one of those cheap-o wall clocks on the floor. > I pour in w/ the second hand at 12, agitate gently by inversion > 'til 30sec, bash the tank down to dislodge air bubbles, make a > / mark on a sheet of paper and wait 'til the second hand reaches > 12 again (this completes 1 min - the slash mark). Two gentle > inversions again and put the tank down. At the 6, repeat and > make another slash timing mark ..... & so on until the desired > time is complete. > > All very simple w/o need for fancy timing equipment. > > Bill > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast > > http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------- > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ "If you are a bad technician, it doesn't matter how big your negs are." - PDML member - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
