UKRM Photo club: Anyone still process film?

Still cleaning out the garage. (This could take months.) Today I
looked at my Beseler 23C enlarger, and figured if I haven't used it in
more than a decade, I should get rid of it. But would anyone want it?
Does anyone still have a darkroom and mix chemicals and print their
own photos?

 

I've still got one of these beauties http://tinyurl.com/29hqrlh in my loft.
Haven't used it for years. Heck, I sold my Yashica Mat 124G ten years ago as
I hadn't used it for a couple of years. Still got the Rollei CU2 and Weston
meter somewhere. My old Paterson studio lights sometimes come in handy. 500W
of tungsteny goodness giving light and heat . Actually pretty bloody good
for working under cars/vans.

There is still a thriving community for home darkrooms. Try one of the
forums. I'd love to start B+W printing again. There is something quite magic
about a selenium toned portrait printed on Kodak fine art paper.

 

Yes, I still do B+W. I dont know why, as I can scan the negs, upload
them to Photobox, edit them, and get them delivered to me next day at
half the price of DIY'ing.
Full creative control could be a slight, though poor, excuse for
diy'ing.

As for the enlarger, you could get up to £50 on a good day.
A chap on uk.rec.photo.misc was after an enlarger last week - D.M.
Procida, he's in Cardiff.

Alan.

 

Can't be arsed with the darkroom thing any more, but I still do
(regained interest in) home processing in daylight in b&w (and some
colour). Chemical film, digital print - strikes me as a reasonable
compromise.