Comments for Never Mind The Sand http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress The latest in a chain of attempts to keep friends and family updated about what I've been doing, just finished doing or am thinking about doing. Or at least what I want people to think I've done am doing or will be doing. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on More time in the dark by jhitesma http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/more-time-in-the-dark/#comment-74 jhitesma Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:51:52 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=77#comment-74 I saw those...but they didn't look like they'd be quite right. And they are pretty bright. Bill Butler hooked me up with some old safelight bulbs, though one turned out to be a 100w bug light :D And then a few days later I scored another bulb and 2 fixtures - but they set me back a few bucks. So now I have 2 amber safelights in the bedroom with the enlarger, a red bulb in the laundry room with the trays, and another red bulb in the dining room just outside the actual darkroom. It works quite well, lots of light to work by and no fogging at all after a 5 minute test of pre-sensitized paper! Now I just need to find a 75 or 80mm lens for one of the enlargers to get rid of the falloff when printing 120 negs! I saw those…but they didn’t look like they’d be quite right. And they are pretty bright.

Bill Butler hooked me up with some old safelight bulbs, though one turned out to be a 100w bug light :D And then a few days later I scored another bulb and 2 fixtures - but they set me back a few bucks.

So now I have 2 amber safelights in the bedroom with the enlarger, a red bulb in the laundry room with the trays, and another red bulb in the dining room just outside the actual darkroom.

It works quite well, lots of light to work by and no fogging at all after a 5 minute test of pre-sensitized paper! Now I just need to find a 75 or 80mm lens for one of the enlargers to get rid of the falloff when printing 120 negs!

]]> Comment on More time in the dark by Carlos http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/more-time-in-the-dark/#comment-73 Carlos Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:37:54 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=77#comment-73 Most of your b/w papers have very low sensitivity to red and orange. It occurs to me they sell red and orange party lights at Home Depot. I wonder if you put a diffuser around them, if they would work as a safelight. I think they are a tad bright for darkroom, that's why I think you could diffuse the light or put one far on the other side of the darkroom. Maybe you could use a lampshade to just bounce the light into the ceiling. Most of your b/w papers have very low sensitivity to red and orange.

It occurs to me they sell red and orange party lights at Home Depot. I wonder if you put a diffuser around them, if they would work as a safelight.

I think they are a tad bright for darkroom, that’s why I think you could diffuse the light or put one far on the other side of the darkroom.

Maybe you could use a lampshade to just bounce the light into the ceiling.

]]> Comment on Busy weekend by villette1 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/busy-weekend/#comment-72 villette1 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:04:47 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=89#comment-72 Yeah! What a great job all around. Good job. And I really like the paint job... Yeah! What a great job all around. Good job. And I really like the paint job…

]]> Comment on Oh yeah by villette1 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/oh-yeah/#comment-71 villette1 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:53:15 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=91#comment-71 Very good, dear. I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to have you. Very good, dear. I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to have you.

]]> Comment on Being right ain’t no fun sometimes. by jhitesma http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/being-right-aint-no-fun-sometimes/#comment-70 jhitesma Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:05:34 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=79#comment-70 Tempting, so very tempting! But the new tarp is already up...just trying to finish some other weekend projects before sharing the gory details :D Tempting, so very tempting! But the new tarp is already up…just trying to finish some other weekend projects before sharing the gory details :D

]]> Comment on Being right ain’t no fun sometimes. by Big Tom http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/being-right-aint-no-fun-sometimes/#comment-69 Big Tom Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:48:50 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=79#comment-69 Duct Tape Tarp (sp) Duct Tape Tarp (sp)

]]> Comment on Being right ain’t no fun sometimes. by Big Tom http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/being-right-aint-no-fun-sometimes/#comment-68 Big Tom Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:47:36 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=79#comment-68 Three words, Duct Tap Tarp!! Three words, Duct Tap Tarp!!

]]> Comment on Being right ain’t no fun sometimes. by villette1 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/being-right-aint-no-fun-sometimes/#comment-67 villette1 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:12:31 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=79#comment-67 Now you need to take some photos of the newly replaced tarp. And tell the story about what a swamp it was to work in to put that one up. Geez! I thought we were going to melt into the concrete last night it was so nasty... Now you need to take some photos of the newly replaced tarp. And tell the story about what a swamp it was to work in to put that one up. Geez! I thought we were going to melt into the concrete last night it was so nasty…

]]> Comment on New Carport Tarp by » Being right ain’t no fun sometimes. Never Mind The Sand: The latest in a chain of attempts to keep friends and family updated about what I’ve been doing, just finished doing or am thinking about doing. Or at least what I want people to http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/new-carport-tarp/#comment-66 » Being right ain’t no fun sometimes. Never Mind The Sand: The latest in a chain of attempts to keep friends and family updated about what I’ve been doing, just finished doing or am thinking about doing. Or at least what I want people to Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:28:49 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=21#comment-66 [...] “They have a 7 year warranty and are only a year or so old.”  Which of course means - it happened again. It happened [...] [...] “They have a 7 year warranty and are only a year or so old.”  Which of course means - it happened again. It happened [...]

]]> Comment on New negs by Tim http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/new-negs/#comment-64 Tim Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:20:08 +0000 http://hitesman.com/jason_blog/wordpress/?p=73#comment-64 Nice to see you back in the saddle. I guess I'll pack up that box of stuff we discussed. Nice to see you back in the saddle. I guess I’ll pack up that box of stuff we discussed.

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