I've got question fo those which had contact with Kentmere and ilford
papers.
Please descride your impressions about those papers. Which one is
better??

Not an advert.
Saw one of these at a friend's house [where it was, admittedly
used for sweaters]:
http://www.lnt.com/sm-lnt-home-sweater-dryer--pi-1351966.html

what is it? if you pyros run out of pyro, what do you use in its place?

October 12, 2005
I just bought some Xtol, and found it in the
new packaging from Kodak. Much better than
the old pack that was prone to puncture.

After being away from my darkroom for some years (seduced by the dark
digital side) I've started printing color once again. having fun once again.
I started using Photocolor by Paterson with good results. They do not supply
stabilizer with their C41 kit. When I asked them about this ...

So I'm printing some pictures last night on a roll of Fuji Crystal Archive.
Everything's going good for about twenty pictures, when I notice that white
areas have a cyan tint. With each succeeding print, the cyan gets stronger;
only in white areas-- dark (darker than the cyan ...

I shot a zone three through seven gray sheet
series with my RB67 Pro S for test purposes.
I noticed that the negatives had noticable
transverse density variation. The grey sheet

I'm sure this is a total can of worms, but:
1. Please share you ideas and practices
2. Reference to on line/printed material discussing same.
Thanks.

I'm going to use sodium sulfite for the first time soon and, if I
understand correctly, sodium sulfite accelerates developing. So I'm
curious to know how much I should shorten my developing time in
relation to this?

I'll probably buy one in the next month or so, 16x20 size. Please share
opinions, recommendations.
-Lew

When speaking about Density Range....is the density range of any given image
measured from the darkest part of the image (highlight) to the lightest part
of the image? or to the clearest point of the film ie. just above base +
fog? What's the proper way to measure D.R.? Thx.

Im trying to make 16mm photograms (not stills), at the moment i a
using Agtha STA (with ISO\ASA of 80) negative film,
Ive found exposing for 2-3 seconds works well.
Ive been using paper developer instead of film developer, what sort o

There have been several posts the past few years about how to make a
substitute for Kodak's discontinued Poly-Toner. Well, Kodak finally posted
directions on their website;
http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/acrobat/en/service/chemicals/CIS268.pdf

The reason I ask is that I just started printing with
the J and C brand of their paper and just when I got
used to it and decided to switch to it full time I find
that I can't get it any more!! :-(

This is in today's business section:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801663.html
Quick take:  all color printers print a code unique to the serial number on
every page.