Recently I was told that i would get richer blacks if I used a Phenidon-Base
developer when printing on Ilford MG.  I use Polymax developer with list
phenol-sulfate.  Is Polymax T paper develop Phenidon-Based?  And does it really
give me the riches blacks?  What about Dextol with ...

Like to do photography on the cheap? I think J&C's $1.19 120
film is the lowest price that can be found. That's a one roll
at a time price. Can anybody do better? or is it worse?
BTW, has anybody given it a try?                          Dan

I need to have a new lens board made for my Kodak Precision enlarger,
to take an 80mm Componon-S lens. The board is 3mm thick and there is
not enough thread sticking out the back to get a retaining ring on.
I'm therefore thinking about getting a local engineering workshop to

Hi, I am in Toronto next weekend and would like to take some shots of
the leafs turning colors. Does anyone know of a great place for this
within an hour drive from Toronto? Thanks!
Apkesh

this week another error or strange effect on a negative. This time is
very very difficult to understand.
Negative was Neopan 400
developed in Microphen 1+1 7'30" @ 20?C

This summer I went to California for a few weeks with my digital
camera. After a few days I managed to lose my battery charger and was
thus forced to use disposable cameras for the rest of the trip. When I
got home I started looking around for a best way to get the pictures

Metroscope.net research group is inviting images of metros from around
the world.This is a great opportunity to get published since thousands
of images are required for the final publication.
 Fact is that every day two billion three hundred million people

Who remember previous post about an horrible negative of mine?
I have done today four tests, with four different developers, new fix
and reduced fix time. Like you suggested there is something wrong in
fix... test test test!! Alone in the dark testing today!! Is a rainy

I was going to mix up some POTA and I remembered a
suggestion to use a solution of phenidone in alcohol,
much the same as is done with benztriazole.
- However -

A sad day for black-and-white photography.
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/michael/blog/0409/index.html#040921
Unlike other recent film discontinuations, this one has no substitute that
is anywhere close.  That means there are things you can do with a camera

I bought one of these enlargers and have 2 things left - a piece of
glass 1/4 of an inch thick and about the size of a multigrade filter and
a silver metal thumb screw.
Can anyone enlighten me as to where in the enlarger these go?

I have often stated that 35mm film should be developed to print on
(about) grade 3 rather than grade 2.
Here is the explanation, from Kodak, in 'Kodak Films for
Black-and-White Photography', 1960.:

My SO bought me a box of old film/
darkroom stuff she had found at a
garage sale.  The box contained
several rolls of 40s vintage Kodachrome,

I'm interested in starting to roll my own Pan F+ and Tech Pan, but
tend to go through film rather slowly, so I'm thinking of periodically
putting a full 50'(?) spool onto cartridges and then freezing them.
Does anyone have experience freezing home-rolled cartridges?  I'm

I've read that some people say they deliberately under-expose their B&W
negatives (without adjusting development time) and in doing so they gain one
or two stops of exposure. They claim the scanner is capable of doing a
better job than the enlarger on these (thin) negs. Whether this ...