![]() ![]() To my surprise, this Timer does not use electricity. It finally came in the mail today with no instructions. These timers were manufactured way back in 1972, so I didn't think much would come out of this purchase. There are a few of them selling on ebay and elsewhere as I'm writing. I any case, to keep a long story short( I love to babble), I decided to pick up one of these "Unicolor Jingle Bell Timers" from eBay for only $16. The author is the guy who developed the "Unicube" which is an Aid/calculator which helps in finding proper exposure and filtration when using color film and paper. The other day while reading a book called "Color Printing - from Petersens library", The author recomended the Unicolor Jingle Bell program Timer because you can program about 8 different time intervals within a 30 minute period. I also have a 'modern' digital timer that only cost me 15 bucks, but I'm still trying to read the broken-english manual on that one. The second slot for the 5th time once it is expired and so on. For example if your process requires 4 different times such as when using the R6 process for slides, once the first time expires lets say the first time was for 1 min 30 sec, you can use that slot for the for the fourth time. Well Spiratone claims that you can reprogram one of the already used times for the 4th or 5th. But suppose you need 4 or more different times for a single process. I also have a Spiratone timer that allows you to program 3 different times for a process. All you have to do with these is swing one of the arms for seconds and the other arm for minutes. ![]() I have a couple of timers myself like the good old Grablab Timers that look like a clock. Of course you can always use your watch or a stopwatch but good luck with that trying to do it in the dark. These days there are even some digital ones. There are various Timers on the market(at least there used to be) to help you in timing your developing process. Anyone processing their own film knows that timing a process acurately is essential to getting good negatives. ![]()
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