RH Designs Timer 3: A Bridge to F-Stop Printing

In this video I take you through some of the basic functions of the new Timer 3 from RH Designs in the UK. This timer can operate both as a linear seconds timer and an f-stop print timer with 1/6th stop increments.
To learn more about F-Stop printing, check out: www.rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/f-stop_printing.html
To learn more about the Timer 3 go to: www.secondhanddarkroom.co.uk/product/rh-designs-timer-3/
Video credit: Anthony Mournian: Gene Nocon explains B/W ƒ/stop Printing
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[@ThatHoserCanadian]

You deserve more subs, honestly. As a fellow printer, I get excited every time I see a video pop up in my subscription tray.

[@peterpatenaude6684]

Nice timer from RH, and nice to see you back. There aren't too many of us darkroom printers on youtube.

[@PaulGloverPhoto]

Nice to see this demonstrated in a video. One minor correction: the "-F." display on power-up doesn't indicate f-stop mode, but is part of the firmware version ID (indicating the "full" version with control of the printing mode and display brightness enabled).

[@florianguillonantigny]

Very nice one. I'm looking forward to new darkroom accessories to be made. Thanks for this video!

[@ezekielkokspeaks]

Glad to see a vid coming from you. Its indeed been a while. Looking forward to your printing videos!

[@p8blr]

Glad you’re back.

[@fotolookconde]

Great content! I have my own darkroom now and I am showing it on my KZbin channel dedicated to film photography!

[@CristianGeelen]

Good to see a video again man!

[@CertainExposures]

Nice to see another video from you. I’m looking around for a timer at the moment...hoping to catch a bargain on a used one. I doubt we have many F-stop timers floating around on the used market though. People love them. I wish this one had more buttons.

[@AI-Hallucination]

Cool video

[@Nat.ImagesLarge.F.Photographer]

who plays this cool music,really nice video

[@alanreid208]

I've been thinking of buying the Analyser Pro thats dedicated to the Ilford Multigrade 500 system I use on my DeVere 203. The RH Design seem to be great build quality.

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

I have an RH Designs Analyser Pro, which I absolutely love. I use its meter features to get a starting point in all my B&W printing, and I use it as a basic f-stop timer for color printing. That being said, I think this "Timer 3" has been simplified to the point of being almost useless and quite annoying. (And I'm not even sure how you'd use it to make a test strip, without wanting to pull your hair out at every mis-click.) Even if I were to envision a basic no-frills digital f-stop timer, I'd still include more buttons and more display elements. The only reason to leave these out has got to be fear of cannibalizing sales of their better products.

[@k0ba_]

Awesome

[@comeradecoyote]

Not sure I’m into the one button and rotary encoder approach especially while you’re trying to work in a dark room. There’s something to be said about having a button for every action. Not unlike many manual cameras; when you can map them from use and unconsciously adjust the, the user interface without looking, then the interface is successful. Then again I still use my electromechanical timers, which are maybe 5 parts which I doubt will wear out anytime soon. (Even if it’s not 100% accurate.) What’s funny too, is they could have a real winner here if they just put two or three dedicated buttons for focus light, mode, and interval duration; but I doubt they will if they’re trying to keep the cost low.

[@zapallalla]

comeradecoyote if the footswitch is always included, that is what you want to use.. no need for dedicated button, footswitch just rules

[@brunorenkiewicz7669]

Make more wideo!

[@johncorney2506]

Hi there, I just ordered the zones from master and thee timer 3. Can the timer 3 work in conjunction with the zone master. Or should I have gone for the stop clock professional. Is it easy just to programme I te figures the zone master gives you? How about split printing with the timer 3?

[@fbraakman]

Chris, could you do a video on calibrating the Zonemaster II that you made a video of previously?

[@marcolivecchi229]

How should be this timer supposed to work in f-stops? You only have fixed starting times and you can't add intervals to previous exposures, so burning in f-stops is impossible..

[@Arturo.H.M]

The device is nice, but I though you was going to explain F-Stop mode use.

[@theclovercross]

yeah. considering the title "a bridge to f-stop"-printing we don't get to know much here about how it works. would be nice going through the numbers and seeing a series layed out to get a feel for it. I think it's about doubling the time? but this didn't really help to either confirm or deny that. I'm hopeful for a follow up with example use. :)

[@paulhetherington3854]

Liar! It's filed(1. f -- exposes FF u, Amsterdamnites!) Perfect past tensor.