I wondered if anyone was famliar with the book "Way Beyond Monochrome"?  Can
you tell me something about the book and perhaps venture an opinion on it?
Thanks, Sam

Grateful for advice from the group: why use a glass negative carrier (with the inherent problems of an extra 4 surfaces to clean and potential of Newton rings) when stopping a lens down - even for 6x7 would appear to solve out of focus caused by film curvature?
Thanks
pgerry at ...

Is there a shade of amber paint that would reflect the light from an
amber safelight and absorb all other colours?
Amber paint would make a darkroom brighter than black walls and would
be safer than white walls and ceilings.

I'm considering the Formulary's Divided D76, but I have the following
questions:
   1. Why throw the A solution away after 6 mos? I'd think that as long as
there's enough to cover my film, I could use it indefinitely.

For cheap. (It's a big old Seal Corp. monster.) Seems to work; it gets warm.
But one odd thing I don't remember from using these years ago is that when
it's on (when you push down on the bar and trip the microswitch), the red
light blinks. Is this supposed to happen? It seemt to ...

Hi, looking at the MSDS of the most common wetting agents it seems
they are a mixture of anionic and non ionic surfactants. In my lab I
have for example:
oxyethylated nonilphenols

I found 6 rolls of KODAK EKTACHROME Infrared Film in an old box.  It's got
to be 15 years old.  It old E-4.  Can I do anything with it?  I also found
an E-4 gallon kit but some of the containers are bursting.

I resolve to stop engaging in silly debates.
Then again, I'd have to define "silly."
Oops. broke it already.

Is this developer for B/W paper only?.....or is it for B/W film also?
The reason I ask this question is that I am going to make some contrast
reducing masks using 4x5" TMAX100 film. For masks I need a soft developer
and I was told that I could use Dektol in anout 1:30 (stock ...

Is there an easy way to tell if my recently purchased hydroqunone is good?
It doesn't seem to be.
My only thought is to mix up some D72 without the HQ, develop a print and
then add the HQ and develop another.

I spend a great deal of my life trying to produce technically perfect
artistic prints. I suspect that the people who frequent this newsgroup
are doing about the same thing. We are taking pictures then spending a
great deal of time in our darkrooms trying to wring out the utmost