Ansel Adams used a metronome. I'll stick with my Gralab, if I ever get my
darkroom put back together.
Gary Edwards
Dave Bulger wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Hmm. Great solution!
>
> I use a $4 kitchen clock for my paper/film developing, with my trusty
> Gralab for the enlarger timing. FWIW, I picked up the GraLab on eBay for
> about $35. Only thing I miss is the little Time-o-Lite's repeatable
> feature. Makes me have to remember something for 10 minutes... <g>
>
> Dave
>
> On Tuesday, December 07, 1999 11:09 AM, Ken Norton [SMTP:image66@xxxxxxx]
> wrote:
> > Continuing odds and ends on B&W...
> >
> > One problem I had in setting up my darkroom again is that most of my
> things
> > are in my Dad's darkroom in Michigan. Well, I priced timers and prit'ner
> > choked up a hairball. Forget that, I'll use my stinkin stopwatch first.
> I
> > came up with a solution that actually has proven to be (for me) far
> > superior to most any timer I've ever used.
> >
> > What did I do?
> >
> > I took my little pocket recorder (sorry, it's a radio shack, not an
> > Olympus), and recorded the following while reading my stopwatch (in
> > daylight): "3, 2, 1, Start, 1, 2, 3,... 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 1
> minute,
> > 1:05, 1:10,... 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, 3:00,... 5:00."
> >
> > I just rewind it and hit play. Turn the enlarger on, (or dunk the print
> in
> > the developer) when you hear "Start" and shut off our transfer to the
> next
> > chemical at the appropriate time. With this method, you don't have to
> keep
> > time yourself, nor do you have to watch a timer. Cool, eh? Rewind time
> > from five minutes is about 20 seconds.
> >
> > My recorder cost me $19.95 USD almost ten years ago, been dunked
> accidently
> > in Lake Michigan twice, the Atlantic Ocean once and tumbled down a thirty
> > meter cliff besides other random abuses. It works very well and runs
> > forever on a pair of AA batteries. Shoot, I still use the origional
> > micro-cassettes. I think there is an OM-1 inside. <g>
> >
> > Oh, make sure you record-protect the cassette afterwards. In the dark,
> > it's too easy to hit the record button instead of the play button.
> >
> > Ken (going crazy listening to my own voice) Norton
> >
> >
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