Looking down the road I thought I'd check for chuck-holes ahead of time. Is
there any problem with using enlarging speed paper for contacts?
I came across a good article about makeing direct negatives using reversal
processing and low cost ortho film. The article is associated with

Although I try to obtain correct exposure and proper development I  connot
always achieve this on every frame in a roll. So at times I increase or
decrease magenta as required or even split printing for achieving the
contrast that looks best for me, I  would, still, like to go ...

This is a camera question, but I figure the r.p.d people are the most
knowledgeable ;)
I'm wondering if the spot on this picture, on the left underside of the
bridge, looks like lens flare.  Flare from my 35mm camera doesn't look like

I just exposed a roll of Tmax 3200 at ISO 200 by mistake.
This was all informal portraits of a caucasian person in good light- no
financial value but these are pictures I'd really like to salvage if
possible.

It seems that my enlarger (Beseler Printmaker 67 for B&W) has two places
that can accomodate contrast filters:  Below the lens in what they call
'accesory filter holder' and inside the condenser lamphouse in  between the
condensers.

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Is this in any way inferior to a filter drawer system where the filter is
held above the lens?
Another thing, as I'm shopping around for a 6x7 capable enlarger, I've
spotted the Belseler Printmaker 67.  At B&H they indicate it has a below the

I'm in the process of setting up a community darkroom locally & have
collocated a developing
area/sink with a toning area/sink in a 100 sq ft lab (10 sq. meters).
It's occuring to me that some polysulphide & sepia toners have the

It appears that in order to print to multiple formats (in addition to
multiple lenses) you either need multiple condensors, or a single cold light
source--is this correct?  Pros and cons of these.  I realize the D2v would
be prefered, but can't seem to locate any and I'm impatient!

I have a couple of questions about Thomas Safelights.
1) does the low pressure sodium bulb get dimmer over the course of
it's life?        Or can the ballast get weaker causing the bulb to be
dimmmer?

I was looking at the S.F. Chronicle online this morning when I noticed this
article. I hope the link works.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/20/DDG7U3QDG91.DTL
Did Saint Ansel have a secret life? These photos are so far away from what

Many of the books that I have as a guide to fine printing, such as
Kevin Bubriski's "Portrait of Nepal", all have a print coloration that
I cannot match. My toning ( selenium and brown) of warm or cool toned
papers ( almost all of them) looks reddish or brown by comparison. My

I've developed my first 120 size Tech Pan using POTA, 12 mins,
agitation 3 sec every minute. I've treated a lot of 35 mm TP in the
same way, wit no problems at all. Instead, with 120, I've found
strange "bubbles" photograms no. 10 and 11, not in the whole film,

I just realized I have citric acid in my pantry. I use it when baking
sourdough bread in very tiny amounts. What I buy is Sour Salt, available in
the Kosher section of just about any supermarket.
Can someone give me a recipe for a citric acid stop bath?

I want to run a test with Neopan 1600 dev. in Super Prodol but I can't find
the mixing instructions for the powder - correction: they're mentioned on
the package, albeit in Japanese and my Japanese just isn't good enough :-))
At www.fujifilm.com there doesn't seem to be any info ...