Photograph by Jake Chapman Zoom In Work
Experience Placement January 2010.
The darkrooms at Zoom In are made up of a large main
room for printing, a smaller second room providing a separate space
where you wont be disturbed while loading films or coating, and
the drying / viewing area.
Our darkroom equipment consists of twelve enlargers.
These are mainly Durst M670s, although we do have one LPL 7450
and a Durst Laborator 1200. Our enlargers cater for negatives
from 35mm (well even 8x11mm!) to 5x4 large format. We use dish
processing up to a size of 16"x20". In the drying area we have
flat bed drying cabinets, a resin coated roller dryer and fibre-based
dryers. If you would like to develop your own black and white
films we provide all the tanks, spools, graduates and chemicals.
When you come in to use the darkroom we provide the necessary
darkroom chemicals for print developing and/or film processing.
We use either Ilford or, if Ilford is unavailable, Kodak chemicals.
When you use the darkroom there is always someone from Zoom In
around who will set up the equipment and chemicals for you and
will be on hand throughout the session.
If you have used darkrooms in the past but have maybe not have
practiced for a while omit worry! At Zoom In we like to encourage
everybody to get started again. So if you are feeling a little
rusty or are just unsure about using our darkroom for the first
time we offer members Assisted
Darkroom Sessions or if you are really rusty you might like
to attend a refresher course in Darkroom
Printing
In addition to the darkroom facilities we also have a
digital suite and a small
studio room that can be used by our members.
Our Darkroom Facilities:
Enlargers:
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1 x Durst Laborator 1200 ® 6 x 7 medium format to 5 x 4 large
format printing
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1 x LPL 7450 ® 35mm to 5 x 4 large format printing
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5 x Durst M670BW ® 35mm to 6 x 7 medium format printing
- 5
x Durst M670Colour ® 35mm to 6 x 7 medium format printing
Printing Equipment:
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Easels ® up to 16” x 20”
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Contact Printers ® 35mm, medium format 5 x 4 large format and
Universal Printers
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Enlarging lenses from 28mm to 135mm
Printing Chemicals:
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Developer: Ilford PQ Universal
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Stop: Ilford Ilfostop Pro
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Fix: Ilford Hypam Rapid Fixer
Film Processing Chemicals:
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Developer: Ilford ID11 / Kodak D90
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Stop: Ilford Ilfostop pro
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Fix: Ilford Hypam Rapid Fixer
For Drying Films And Prints:
- Film
Drying Cabinet
- Resin
Coated (roller) dryer
- Flat-bed
Resin coated flat bed dryers
- Fibre
based dryers
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Laboratory
coats
- gloves
- masks
- goggles
How to find us
Our
premises are handy for all London locations. We are situated in
Kennington Park Business Centre which is only 2 minutes walk away
from Oval tube station on the Northern line. Please see our location
page for exact location and directions on how to find us.
Please see our page on How
to Book the Darkroom
Alternatively
email us via our Member
Enquiries Form
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