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The Camera Club

Darkrooms

The Club has three fully equipped black and white darkrooms at Bowden Street.

Darkroom  1  - £7 an hour 

Darkroom  2 - £7 an hour 

Darkroom 3 -£7 an hour

Darkroom 4 - (Coming Soon) 

We are officially the cheapest, professional darkrooms in the UK.

We operate as a Club and the darkroom is available to members only. 

It is easy to join and even with membership fees it makes the darkrooms very affordable for professional and amateur alike.

Photograph: © Felix Hall Close

The Camera Club has three professional black and white darkrooms for processing film, contact sheets and photographic printing.


Introduction to Analogue is an introductory course aimed at anyone wanting to learn the end to end process of analogue photography. This fully comprehensive three part 1:1 tution course, teaches you the basics of film photography and darkroom processing and printing. By the end of this course you will be more confident in processing and printing your own black and white film in a darkroom.

Darkroom Accreditation
Please Note: All members who want to use the darkrooms will have to complete one accreditation and workshop before being able to book the darkrooms.
Accreditation is suitable for people who already have some experience in the darkrooms. 

Each individual darkrooms are equipped with De Vere 203 and 504 enlargers, allowing you to produce prints from 5x7 up to 20x24 inches.


Darkroom 1

Mid sized darkroom

De Vere 203 Enlarger for up to 6x7cm negatives

Extractor fan switch: far wall behind enlarger


Darkroom 2

Mid sized darkroom

Two enlargers De Vere 504 + 5108 Enlargers for up to 10x8 inches

Extractor fan switch: wall to the left of the 5x4 enlarger


Darkroom 3

Largest darkroom

De Vere 504 Enlarger for up to 5x4 inch negatives

Extractor fan switch: wall behind door


Darkroom 4

Alternative Procceses Darkroom (Coming Soon)


Darkroom Main Area Equipment

Paterson 35mm + 120 Developing Tanks

Film Driers For Film Processing


Resin and Fibre Based Driers

FIbre Print Mount Press

Lightbox + Trimmer


Chemicals

Ilford PV Universal Developer 

Ilford Ilfostop

Ilford Rapid Fix 


These are available to purchase in 100ml bottles on the day of your booking. 

Please Note: These are only used for photographic printing 


Film developer, stop, fix and photographic film and paper is not available from the club. 

The nearest place to buy supplies is Parallax Photographic Coop in Brixton  www.parallaxphotographic.coop.com

Darkrooms are only available to club members. 
All new members must be accredited before booking the darkrooms. 
Anyone using the darkrooms must adhere to the Club Rules & Policies. 
You can also become accredited by attending one of our training courses.
Book Darkroom One
Book Darkroom Two
Book Darkroom Three
Darkroom Accreditation
Processing 35mm Film
Contact Sheet Printing
Photographic Printing
Photograph: Robert Jeffery
Photograph © Robert Jeffery
Photograph © Robert Jeffery
Photograph © Felix Hall Close

Darkroom Accreditation

If you are wanting to use the darkrooms at The Camera Club, you first will need to do an accreditation training in our darkrooms. 


Four hour accreditation course

Offers member full accreditation to the darkrooms

Explaining the darkroom process from processing to printing


If you have pervious experience then accreditation can be much shorter.


These accreditations are 1:1 and take place on weekends.


Photograph © Felix Hall Close

​Introduction to Analogue

Our courses are organised as a collection of workshops to provide a solid base of darkroom techniques. 


It is oriented to club members who want to start processing and printing their own rolls or members keen to learn the process.


Each session can be booked independently.

Introduction to Anlaogue Workshops Length Date Tuition Cost
 Processing 35mm Black and White Film 6hrsWeekends (Saturday or Sunday)1:1 £65
Printing a Black and White Contact Sheet6hrsWeekends (Saturday or Sunday)1:1 £65
 Printing a Final Enlargement Print6hrsWeekends (Saturday or Sunday11:1 £65
Photograph © Felix Hall Close
Introduction to Analogue Benefits 

After completing the Introduction to Analogue workshop, you should be able to;


Processing a roll of 35mm black and white film


Print a black and white contact sheet


Print a final black and white silver gelatin print


Join In

You can join in by requesting access to the facilities by dropping by the club or giving the club a call to request a tour of the facilities.