After a hectic few weeks I've re-negotiated building access rights with my landlord and can now get into the darkroom 24/7.
What does this mean to you? Faster turnaround time for Hampshire Darkroom services.
What does it mean to me? Less sleep!
Its a good thing to do and ensures complete flexibility in the services I offer, and whilst I'm still operating via post at the moment it does mean that I can get your film back to you much quicker.
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Monday, 14 July 2008
Back
We're back from our holiday and busy in the darkroom! Thanks for your patience this last week, everyone needs a break ;-)
I'm currently looking at expanding services to include 5x4 sheet film processing. This is mainly due to my desire to cater to photographers using a multitude of formats and partly because I shot some sheet film on a 5x4 pinhole camera whilst i was away and am looking forward to seeing the results.
I'll also be processing some Foma film through the Rollei developer I've begun stocking.
I'll put some of the results up here once they're finished.
Happy shooting
Matthew
http://www.hampshiredarkrrom.co.uk/
I'm currently looking at expanding services to include 5x4 sheet film processing. This is mainly due to my desire to cater to photographers using a multitude of formats and partly because I shot some sheet film on a 5x4 pinhole camera whilst i was away and am looking forward to seeing the results.
I'll also be processing some Foma film through the Rollei developer I've begun stocking.
I'll put some of the results up here once they're finished.
Happy shooting
Matthew
http://www.hampshiredarkrrom.co.uk/
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Holiday
Hampshire Darkroom will not be processing film or responding to emails between 5th July &12th July due to holiday.
Please place your orders as usual however there will be a delayed turnaround time, rest assured that I'll be working long hours when I get back to make up for the back log :-)
Matthew
Please place your orders as usual however there will be a delayed turnaround time, rest assured that I'll be working long hours when I get back to make up for the back log :-)
Matthew
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Rollei Film Developer
I've just taken stock of a bottle of Rollei RLS Low Speed developer.
Reading up on this its not designed to "yield full rated film speed but will exhibit extremely fine highlight detail". I've made an investment in this as one HD user has recently experimented with Rollei Retro 100 film and didn't want processing done in Ilord or Kodak chemistry.
I'm looking forward to seeing the results from this combination and am tempted to rate some FP4 sheet film at 50ASA and run it through this developer to see what the results will be like.
Please contact me before shooting if you're interested in having your film processed in Rollei RLS developer. Rollei recommend overexposure of the film usually by at least one stop, Rollei Retro can be used at its native speed.
Happy shooting
Matthew
Reading up on this its not designed to "yield full rated film speed but will exhibit extremely fine highlight detail". I've made an investment in this as one HD user has recently experimented with Rollei Retro 100 film and didn't want processing done in Ilord or Kodak chemistry.
I'm looking forward to seeing the results from this combination and am tempted to rate some FP4 sheet film at 50ASA and run it through this developer to see what the results will be like.
Please contact me before shooting if you're interested in having your film processed in Rollei RLS developer. Rollei recommend overexposure of the film usually by at least one stop, Rollei Retro can be used at its native speed.
Happy shooting
Matthew
Friday, 20 June 2008
Welcome to Hampshire Darkroom's Official Blog
So HD has been up and running for almost three months now. After 15 years of processing film for myself I decided to take my knowledge to the public.
Whilst many have told me that film is dying and digital is taking over I'd like to offer an opinion contrary to this. Business is growing as more and more people find out about HD proving that despite the high street labs shutting down their film processing machines there are still a huge number of us shooting with analogue cameras.
All services are available, B&W, E6, C41. I've cross processed both Transparency and for the first time colour negative (with interesting results) and lots of you are asking for push processing on a regular basis.
On the B&W front I've increased the number of developers I use adding Ilford Microphen and Perceptol to the range. Perceptol due to my own desire to find a fine grain developer for fine art work.
I am hoping to add 5x4 sheet film processing to my armoury in the month of July.
The one area that hasn't been used yet is hand printing black & white photographs. I guess that with the increasing number of high resolution home scanners and some excellent photo printers available at reasonable prices, you are all doing this at home :-) Even I have to admit that I'm now using a Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Large Format printer to print colour for my last exhibition and current competition entries. At 19"x19" the results have been faultless. With my black and white work I'm still hand printing on fibre base paper.
I'm going to add a biography to this site soon and share ideas for services I'd like to offer. I'm happy to answer questions about my darkroom set up and welcome suggestions from you as to what processing, printing or scanning you'd like me to be offering.
As always thanks for reading.
Matthew
www.hampshiredarkroom.co.uk
Whilst many have told me that film is dying and digital is taking over I'd like to offer an opinion contrary to this. Business is growing as more and more people find out about HD proving that despite the high street labs shutting down their film processing machines there are still a huge number of us shooting with analogue cameras.
All services are available, B&W, E6, C41. I've cross processed both Transparency and for the first time colour negative (with interesting results) and lots of you are asking for push processing on a regular basis.
On the B&W front I've increased the number of developers I use adding Ilford Microphen and Perceptol to the range. Perceptol due to my own desire to find a fine grain developer for fine art work.
I am hoping to add 5x4 sheet film processing to my armoury in the month of July.
The one area that hasn't been used yet is hand printing black & white photographs. I guess that with the increasing number of high resolution home scanners and some excellent photo printers available at reasonable prices, you are all doing this at home :-) Even I have to admit that I'm now using a Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Large Format printer to print colour for my last exhibition and current competition entries. At 19"x19" the results have been faultless. With my black and white work I'm still hand printing on fibre base paper.
I'm going to add a biography to this site soon and share ideas for services I'd like to offer. I'm happy to answer questions about my darkroom set up and welcome suggestions from you as to what processing, printing or scanning you'd like me to be offering.
As always thanks for reading.
Matthew
www.hampshiredarkroom.co.uk
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