Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-18 Thread Scott Loveless
- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:06 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control. Unfortunately the tap water here runs 70-74 degrees at its coldest in summer. -- I have seen (but never

Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I spent years working with water baths and other stuff to stabilize and control temperature. Then, I got fed up with all of it and decided to experiment ... I only ever processed BW film at home: - standardized on two developers (HC-110 and XTOL). Then stuck with XTOL. - went to one-shot

Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
Unfortunately the tap water here runs 70-74 degrees at its coldest in summer. -- I have seen (but never patronized) photo-processing places in Mali, where I have experienced temperatures of 140 F (60 C). These places do not have any sort of cooling. I have always wondered how they

RE: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-16 Thread Don Sanderson
I guess I'll take 74 and like it. ;-) Geez, they must develop Tri-X in like 22 and a half seconds! Don -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:06 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control

Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Joseph Tainter Subject: Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control. Unfortunately the tap water here runs 70-74 degrees at its coldest in summer. -- I have seen (but never patronized) photo-processing places in Mali, where I have experienced

Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-15 Thread Scott Loveless
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/60ad/ I suppose you could hack together some sort of thermostat that drops into your bottles/tanks, and then point the unit right at them. ;) On 7/15/05, Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just purchased the components to design and build some

Re: OT: Darkroom temperature control.

2005-07-15 Thread Graywolf
At one time I had the cooling unit for an old water fountain setup as a water chiller in my dark room. Worked well with a temp control valve. Chillers were the standard in pro darkrooms in days gone by, but now they usually us high temps and chillers have kind of disappeared from the darkroom