AntSmith
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Reged: 06/03/2007
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Loc: Essex
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Hi
Just bought a Macbeth TRD-924 from e-bay for £20...there were no other bids on it whatsoever. It seems like densitometers are going for an absolute song - but why??? Surely there's enough people still running there own darkrooms for there to be some interest in these things?
Or perhaps people think they can work quite happilly without a densitometer? I'd be quite suprised though, I've wanted one of these for years...
What do others think?
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Reged: 09/07/2004
Posts: 571
Loc: Lancaster, UK
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I think you should have added-
My interest in donsitometers is...
'Academic, having got by for years without one'
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"I wanna hold your gland". Lemming & McCartney
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Gordon_McGeachie
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Reged: 19/01/2007
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Loc: East Yorkshire,
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Which `Sensitometer` do you have?
I have not used these since 1992........ahhhhhh memories. 
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Lounge Lizard
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Reged: 17/01/2004
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Loc: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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I got by for years in the darkroom without one. I only used used one of the Patterson devices anyway. However, I feel that they give an approximation and prints are still best assessed by eye so they are only half useful IMHO.
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Lounge Lizard
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taxor
Reged: 09/07/2004
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Loc: Lancaster, UK
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I haven't used a purpose built densitometer, but I frequently use the densitometer mode on my Zonemaster analyser. It's accurate enough for my needs but only reads transmission densities.
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"I wanna hold your gland". Lemming & McCartney
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Gordon_McGeachie
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Reged: 19/01/2007
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When anyone does use them (densitometer and sensitomer)what G bar do you go for ?
When I served in the RAF we processed film to get a reading 1.41.Regardless of whether we were processing 70mm, 5.5" or 9" film
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AJUK
Reged: 22/03/2005
Posts: 2679
Loc: UK
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£20, I'm in there!
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Terrywoodenpic
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Reged: 21/01/2006
Posts: 369
Loc: Saddleworth UK
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Very few amateur or professional photographers have ever used them.
They are mostly used in labs for quality control.
There are more labe closing than opening these days and even the experimentally minded amateur is something of a rare creature.
supply and demand defines the price of things and there is supply but no demand.
I have even thrown two away when we close down a lab.
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Malcolm_Stewart
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Reged: 11/07/2005
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Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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I'd be happy to catch one next time you throw one away!
When I have seen prices, they haven't struck me as particularly cheap, but that's probably because I read the wrong magazines.
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LargeFormat
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Reged: 24/10/2006
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Loc: Buckinghamshire and Cumbria
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Quote:
I'd be happy to catch one next time you throw one away!
When I have seen prices, they haven't struck me as particularly cheap, but that's probably because I read the wrong magazines.
Either that or, like me, you are still living in the age when AP was 1/6d.
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AJUK
Reged: 22/03/2005
Posts: 2679
Loc: UK
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Where can I get one of these cheap densitometers?
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Al
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