i have 1.5L D-72 working solution (1:2) but only developed 2 8x10
papers so i dont want to throw it.  i've put the solution in a open jar
for 24 hours then in a closed bottle for another 24 hours, my question
is, is it safe to reuse it this night?

i got a negative carrier on hand, it gets a hole sized of 6.8cm x 5.4,
is it for 120 film?  i've never played with 120 format, but i know one
kind of 120 is 6cmx4.5cm,  i just don't know why this carrier sized so
strange, why not it be exactly 6cmx4.5cm ?  you know, the 35mm carrier

I've posted this message to the medium-format website but I am also posting
it here with the hope of getting more suggestions for a solution (or
direction toward solution) since this newsgroup has greater traffic.
I have a problem with one of my RB lenses that I am hoping someone ...

I recently acquired an Omega D5xl enlarger that came with
a couple of glass negative carriers (35mm and 6x9) as well
as an assortment of glassless ones. The glass carriers were
not clean when I got them and even after I had a good go at

What's the general consensus about having "paper white" in a B&W photo.
Should even the whitest of clouds always be a little greyer than the edge of
the paper? Should I be moving to a lower contrast filter if my sky is the
same colour as my paper? Thx.

I am missing one page out of my Colorstar 300 manual.  Could someone
here make a copy of it for me?  I would be eternally grateful, and
would even offer a bribe :).
Thanks

This was posted over in rec.photo.digital but I thought you guys would
get more of a kick out of it than the digital crowd.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0606150157jun15,1,2834107.story
I can't believe they are making a negative unless they are planning to

Previously I posted another message on this forum about some problems I'm
having with print to print consistensy. This is a follow up of what I have
found.
Basicly I have a portrait that I need to make in multiple copies. My

June 10, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick,
I'm running low on my stock of Metol (I use
the Kodak version called Elon, which could be
ordered from the photo store in one pound

I guess for 35mm negs, a 38mm f4 Bessler.
Will the enlargements be bigger, for example, if I can only make an
8x10 with a 50mm now, will I be able to make an 11x14 with the 38mm?
Will there be some distortion, the way a wide angle lens effects an

I'm short on sulfuric acid at the moment. (Could I just use common car
battery acid? I do have a spare battery sitting in the garage...) Is there
another recommended tray cleaner besides TC-1? This might sound crazy but
has anybody try TC-1 for cleaning resin/plastic patio ...

June 14, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick,
I've just been reading the New Yorker (issue
of May 15, 2006; I'm always behind ...) and
found an interesting remark.

Using a typical bathroom fan, does putting two 90 degree bends in the
exhaust pipe/tube eliminate light coming in from outside? Also, does
anyone have any creative inexpensive ways of keeping b&w chemicals at
an apropriate temperature? I'm thinking a heating pad on low under the

I've been trying to print this material using my Beseler 45 Universal
enlarger Head without success.  Filtration is Y17, M00, C10.  Recommended
exposure time, according to Shule's Book "Cibachrome Printing", would be 22
seconds as a start for an 8X10.  However, following these ...

Q1
last month, i've bought three 8x10 trays and about to do 8x10 print.
but i found 8x10 paper is nearly the same size with the bottom of 8x10
tray.  so my question is, whether i have bought incorretly size of