Just had to push a roll of Fortepan 400, any recommendations on dev
and times for this without getting excessive grain, will use Rodinal
if I must but would prefer X-tol or  D-76.

Hey Guys-
I'm a student doing a project on this check cashing/bail bonds place
that has their offices underground. I've been shooting TX pushed to
800 and then over exposing a third of a stop, with ok results-- my

I am having a problem with sharpness when I am burning in an area of a
print. I am using a D5 with a dicro head. On larger prints, 14x14 and
up from a 6.45 neg, I have areas that go out of focus almost like a
doubling of the image over the original. The enlarger is stable & so

Any idea what the percent is of regular car battery acid?

Anybody knows how long a batch of mixed ID-11 will last ?
I have a package for 10 litres here, but only a couple of films in 1+1
dilution every week, it will take me about half a year :)
Koen

Anyone know off hand (besides Ebay) Where I might
find Roll paper easels and that kind of stuff.

I have a 90mm. apo-Rodagon and have had the 80mm. apo-Rodagon N recommended
as a replacement. Aside from the slight difference in coverage, are there
any noticable differences in resolving power, contrast, ets? What is the
optimum working aperture for the 80mm?

Can anyone who has used Aculux share their experiences with it? What are
it's characteristics? I've used ID11/D76 in the past and have more recently
been using Xtol. How does it compare to those?
Thanks,

My wife and I recently found out she is pregnant.  We're worried
something may have happened to our baby because she has been going to
school developing photos in a B/W lab.
Here's the gist of what happened:  We've traced the conception date to

Hey there,
I find myself in posession of a Saunders 670dxl without a power supply.
I've checked online and it seems I can buy one for a couple hundered dollars
but I was wondering if there was a less expensive, more Rube Goldberg

I am a new illustrator printing my work on Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet
paper or Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight, for sale in the fine art
market. I have been having my work professionally dry mounted but am
finding the cost prohibitive. In an attempt to learn to do this myself

Dear Sirs,
I am a new member of this list. I'm a Spanish photographer based in
Barcelona.
I am intending to process some ancient plates exposed perhaps in the

Hi, group!
I have some darkroom-related questions for which I seek answers. First,
though, some background.
Photography is a hobby of mine (I'm an advanced amateur), and until fairly

 Out of curiousity is there any or enough difference
between the Kodak and Fuji test test strips to buy one versus
the other? I've heard that Fuji requires a slightly longer first
developer bath and my initial testing confirms that. I use

I have the rapid fix kit which makes a US gallon. If I mix it at working
strength for fixing film do I just dilute it 1:1 for paper? Thx.