The only thing I couldn't find a real deal on was a good quality two- or four-blade easel. Tests fine with zero fogging at 10 minutes. I put in those 60-watt miniature fluorescent lamps for cool running. With the beehive fixture I can bounce the safelight off the white ceiling for more diffuse but still very usable light. I could've bought one of those industrial-strength Kodak hanging safelight fixtures for around $20 but didn't want the hassle of trying to find a place to install it. I also bought another beehive safelight with OC filter for another five or ten bucks. At today's new prices for a comparable set of Hewes reels and Omega or whatever brand stainless tank (with plastic lid) you'd be looking at spending more than $50. Just to give you an idea of used market prices, at a camera show I picked up a Nikor stainless two-reel tank with a pair of 120-format reels, reel lifter and the old style (and leaky but tres chic) stainless lid and cap, in the original box, for five bucks. Seemed like a good opportunity to make lemonade from lemons. When I started rebuilding my darkroom last year I budgeted very carefully, since my only cash on hand was from an accident settlement that left me partially disabled. There should be a B&H link on the home page. Search for "safelight" for example, then look at the details on some of the individual items. You might want to spend some time on B&H's site perusing these items. I haven't used that particular enlarger the professional results would be largely up to you. Adorama does have a reasonably good reputation, and I would buy from them if cheaper. You can buy enlargers and these kinds of kits separately also- you might want to check prices that way. Regular safelight fixtures vary in price, but will cost more than the bulb. It's not clear what the safelight is I think some of these kits just include a red bulb, but a lot of the paper requires an amber safelight. They make more expensive timers that actually shut the enlarger bulb off after so many seconds I suspect the one included here is JUST a timer, where you have to shut the enlarger off when it beeps. The chemicals and paper may or may not be products that you would pick for yourself. This is Omega C700 condensor enlarger with 35mm setup. If you haven't done it already use the Ilford washing regime for the film and you'll find this is where large jugs of water at the correct temperature come into their own.It sounds like they are the same kit, items pretty well match up. Now you can't forget which working solution is in each bottle and which jug you dispensed it to. Then with the same permanent marker write FIX and STOP BATH on two of your 2 litre jugs and only ever use them to dispense the working solution into, never use them for developer. Use a permanent marker to say what is in each bottle. The easy way to dealing with the two main chemicals that can be pre-mixed to a working solution and then stored is to buy cheap 5 litre bottles of distilled water (battery top up water etc.) and use these to dilute the fix and stop bath, and then use the bottle itself to store them in. You can keep costs down by using cheap kitchen plastic jugs. Some essential equipment you forgot though, 2 litre measuring and mixing jugs, you need three and perhaps another 1 litre jug as well. ![]() You should have no problems with your kit, just follow the instructions and don't try to second guess things.
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