"Is it feasible to go digital for most darkroom work? "(posted 8829 days ago)Sure, I have. And why do you think you need a traditional darkroom for portrait work? When my son had his HS graduation portrait taken digital retouching was available and that was almost 3 years ago. The new Epson Photo printers will do for all but the most demanding work. Zip disks are OK for taking files to a lab but you really want a CD- Rom burner, $2 for 650megs vs $10 for 250megs with Zip.