Reyt Dark

Reyt Dark The scruffiest darkroom in Sheffield. Two friends with a love for all things film photography and darkroom.

Finally got round to playing with this gorgeous 1:1 capable Minolta macro lens I’ve had for a year. The prints need wor...
27/05/2026

Finally got round to playing with this gorgeous 1:1 capable Minolta macro lens I’ve had for a year. The prints need work, but by god it was far too hot in the darkroom last night!
Rob

enjoys having a niche hobby within a niche hobby - collecting glass slide negatives. There is something fascinating abo...
20/04/2026

enjoys having a niche hobby within a niche hobby - collecting glass slide negatives. There is something fascinating about images that have been around for close to 100years, being seen, scanned and printed for maybe the first time since they were taken. It really makes you think - how permanent are the images we take now, how long with they last?

For people who like Black and White photos, we sure spend a lot of time using the colour red. Here I am holding a filter...
11/04/2026

For people who like Black and White photos, we sure spend a lot of time using the colour red. Here I am holding a filter infront of a lens because A) I forgot the holder and B B) to darken anything blue, in this case the sky!

When your darkroom partners misses you so much he prints your face bigger than your face is in real life
04/04/2026

When your darkroom partners misses you so much he prints your face bigger than your face is in real life

Gaffer tape. Holding darkrooms together since 1959. Reyt Dark literally wouldn’t exist without this magical cloth tape...
03/04/2026

Gaffer tape. Holding darkrooms together since 1959. Reyt Dark literally wouldn’t exist without this magical cloth tape.

One of my top darkoom tips is to make a simple localised test strip device, and use f stop timings. This humble, tea an...
01/04/2026

One of my top darkoom tips is to make a simple localised test strip device, and use f stop timings. This humble, tea and chemical stained device is just made from some bits of mat board, black card and masking tape. By seeing the same portion of the print, in either 1/2 or 1/3 stop increments, I’m often able to identify exposure, contrast grade, and dodge/burn times with a single 5x2” test strip. This ended up grade 2, 14 seconds, with a grade 5 burn of 10 seconds, just from one strip. F stop timings are more intuitive than arbitrary increments, and make more sense when scaling prints to a different size, or calculating burns.

31/03/2026

Some days I just can’t get my eye in with burning in, and today was one of those days. Three sheets of paper wasted before I decided to return on a day when I’ve had more sleep.

That chemistry GCSE that Rob just about scraped didn’t go to waste. (Ok, it did, but it’s all good fun)
31/03/2026

That chemistry GCSE that Rob just about scraped didn’t go to waste. (Ok, it did, but it’s all good fun)

had fun taking photos of Rob at the weekend - variously using extension tubes to get closer. What do you think suits Ro...
25/03/2026

had fun taking photos of Rob at the weekend - variously using extension tubes to get closer. What do you think suits Rob more - serious or not serious?

Rob is finally getting round to scanning some of his prints to share on here
24/03/2026

Rob is finally getting round to scanning some of his prints to share on here

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