I was wondering what kind of developer I could use with this, ofcourse
they list Kodak developers , but could I use Arista, etc? Also, it's
graded paper, I've only used RC and I'm having trouble finding out the
difference. I think F3 is for low-contrast negatives, so would this be

Hi everyone, I just purchased an Omega B22 enlarger at a garage sale.
Amazingly, everything (lens, bellows, condenser, lamphouse, etc...) is
in great condition. I plugged it in and the bulb still worked as well.
Anyways, it is missing a few small pieces like the negative carrier and

I'm wondering whether anyone knows if B&W bleach such as R-9
dichromate/sulfuric acid bleach or alternately permanganate/sulfuric
acid bleach used in conjunction with a conventional sodium sulphite
clearing bath has any effect on color emulsion?

I just got hold of a 90mm f/4.5 Enlarging Ektar with a bit of internal
dust, a few flakes of something on the edges of two aperture blades,
and maybe the beginning of a bit of fungus at the edges.  Is it
feasible for me to attemp to disassemble and clean it?  I would

I wrote a comparison between old Tech Pan rolls and new ones. Whoever of you who has been using tech pan rolls might be interested in reading it
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/techpan-drucker.pd
Large stocks of these old rolls are still largely available, not only from ...

How do you file & contact a roll of 120 6x7 negs? If you cut up a 6x7 120
roll into 3 strips x 3 negs it fits perfectly into a filing sheet and 8x10
for contacts. And then there's that pesky 10th neg left over. What to do?
Usually there's at least 1 dog on a roll you can tell ...

2 new online stores that I started up a month or so ago. I am a semi
pro photog myself, and figured I may as well do this, since I and most
others, shoot lingerie/costumes type of thing.
Please stop by http://www.ForbiddenTemptations.com  (leather/vinyl wear

Kodak markets a color RA4 metallic paper that I like. Does anyone market
a b/w version of that paper?  If not, is there a chemical I can use to
tone b/w paper to appear metallic?

I want to diffuse the light in my Omega D2 enlarger.  What is the best
placement of the diffusion glass, above the condensers or below, just
above the neg. holder?
Thank you for any information.

I'm looking for thin (ideally .010 or even thinner) plastic sheeting
that's semi opaque/translucent - sort of like "milk jug" color, or
maybe tending toward white - but with very little or ideally NO visible
grain or striations, a completely even looking color/texture.

yesterday night, i did my first printing, that's a test strip using a
blank negative, i want to see how many seconds of exposure i at lest
need to get the papaer's maximum black exposure.  but, even i exposed
about 30s, the maximum dark part of the result is merely gray, it means

I've got some Adox 400 and I developed a roll in Adomal 1:1 70 degress
F for 10 minutes agit 1 per minute.  Have you used this devloper
recently?

I'm sure others have already seen it but I
just found it ... (wonderful essay!)
--le
http://www.thescreamonline.com/essays/essays06-01/rsb_photo_essay.html

    I was browsing through B-&-H's site and noticed that there
aren't many Nikon enlarging lenses left. Is Nikon also completely out
of the darkroom ?
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in the manual of Ilford multigrade paper, it list filterations for
typical enlargers:
list 1: single filtrations for grade 2 with different enlargers
Durst (max 170M) 0