inventory

hardware

1. Durst CLS 450 enlarger
   - Color Laborator 1000
   - TRA 450
2. metal enlarging easel mask 16 x 20", 2 blades
3. Gra Lab darkroom timer model 300
4. Digital timer IKEA
5. Digital timer and thermometer
6. Konica enlarging focus scope
7. Paterson safelight PTP760 A Dome 15W
   
8. Impact safelight bulb PF712E 15W
   
9. 5 liter container x 1
10. 4 liter container x 2 (waste)
11. 4.35 liter container x 3
12. 2 liter container x 2
13. 1 liter container x 2
14. Paterson chemical trays 16 x 20" (x 3) red, grey, grey
15. 1 liter measurement cup plastic
16. 600 ml glass beaker
17. 100 ml graduate
18. glass eye dropper
19. 30 liter container with lid
20. 100 liter storage box with lid
21. plastic funnels 3, 4 & 5"
22. plastic tongs x 3
23. plastic stirrers x 3
24. squeegee
25. acrylic board
26. box of latex gloves
27. 400 glass marbles

film, papers and chemicals

1. fuji provia 120 ASA400X x 1
2. ilford delta 120 ASA400 x 1
3. ilford delta 120 ASA 3200 x 6
4. ilford 3½ x 5½" multigrade matte 97pc
5. ilford 3½ x 5½" multigrade glossy 96pc
6. ilford 12 x 16" multigrade matte 10pc
7. ilford 16 x 20" multigrade glossy 9pc
8. ilford 16 x 20" multigrade matte warmtone 4pc
9. ilford multigrade 700ml
10. ilford ilfostop 350ml
11. ilford rapid fixer 700ml

archive system and handling

1. HP Scanjet G4050
2. muji folder system x 7
3. giottos blower
4. metal tweezers
5. 4x, 10x loupe
6. 6x loupe
7. 7pt number stamp
   
8. 16pt number stamp
9. cotton gloves
   
10. ilford staticum anti static cloth

framing

1. natural wood aged 8 x 10" 2pc
   
2. white 9 x 9" 3pc
3. black 9 x 9" 3pc
4. white 20 x 20" 4pc
5. black 20 x 20" 3pc
6. aged mount boards misc. coloured ~8 x 10" 82pc

reference

1. All About Photography - How to make good pictures
   by Percy R. Salmon, F.R.P.S
   Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne, ~1930
   
   
2. Colour Photography - Blackie’s “TECHNIQUE” Series
   by Frank R. Newens, F.R.P.S., F.I.B.P.
   Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, third edition 1938, with amendments, 1946
   
   
3. The Print
   LIFE Library of Photography by the editors of TIME-LIFE books
   TIME-LIFE Books, New York, 1970, reprinted 1972
   
   
4. The Fine Print
   by Fred Picker
   Hill Farm Press, Inc., Dummerston, Vermont, 1975, fourth printing 1981
   
   
5. The Photographer’s Master Printing Course
   by Tim Rudman
   Mitchell Beazley, London, 1994, edition 2004
   
   
6. The Camera revised edition
   LIFE Library of Photography by the editors of TIME-LIFE books
   TIME-LIFE Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1981
   

darkroom session V

prep the studio for darkroom printing, thanks to boyd my lab assistant. if not for him i might have taken probably 5 more hours for setup. had some great prints and many tests. chemicals still active even the manual says it expires after 24 hours. think i'll attempt this weekend too.

darkroom process area

enlarger
lightbox
easel system
dry bench cutting area
wet bench chemical trays
wet bench graduates

restock

ILFORD
paper
16" x 20" multigrade resin coated glossy 10pcs (S$39)
12" x 16" multigrade resin coated matte 10pcs (S$24)
3½" x 5½" multigrade resin coated glossy 100pcs (S$19)
3½" x 5½" multigrade resin coated matte 100pcs (S$19)

chemical
1 litre stock multigrade paper developer (S$17)
500 millilitre stock ilfostop stop bath (S$12)
1 litre rapid fixer film & paper fixer (S$14)

120 film
5 rolls delta 3200 (S$7ea)
10 rolls delta 400 (S$5.5ea)

KONICA
300mm universal cable release JPN (S$15)

total S$249

searching for the main bulb

RM60 for a replacement halogen light. searched for around 2 months before finding it at a place that does overhead projectors and office equipments.

stage 1.5; sourcing for suppliers

2005, Kuala Lumpur- Finding a steady supply of darkroom nessecities was difficult. The darkroom was a dying trade and many manufacturers were bankrupt or evolving into digital. FOTODAYA

stage 1; the right enlarger

2005, Ampang- Opted for an affordable Seagull condenser enlarger which could handle 120 format. But it was out of stock for almost a year and I almost gave up. Acquired an old 1971 4x5” German Durst colour head enlarger instead from my photography lecturer. Eventually by the start of 2006, I had a basic operational darkroom. Total expenditure breached my initial budget by 300%, but the results were very satisfying. The darkroom is semi permanent only, as it is also my bedroom.

my first print; magic before my eyes

2004 cenfad- My first print, and my first encounter with the magic of the darkroom. After this exposure, I was eternally hooked. Photography has evolved into a different world for me to explore and drown myself into.