Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:53 AM 3/9/97 -0800, you wrote: >Ben Holmes wrote: >> > >> >> I've spent this, my second weekend, completely media-blacked-out. I've shot >> some film with Bill Welch's Summilux (thank you Bill), painted the interior >> of my darkroom black, > >Ben, are you nuts? A black darkroom? I had to work in one once on a >small newspaper and it was awful. It was almost impossible to find >anything, no matter how bright the overhead light. I got to hate going >in there. The start of my love of slide film and E-6 labs. In my last >studio we had a very tiny film loading room next to the darkroom and >painted it dark grey, but even that I think was overkill. > >If you have a light tight room, you shouldn't need it black. And what >might reflect off walls and back onto a print would be way below the >D-max, I think. If it isn't, it should improve your shadow detail!! > >I'd wager by this time next year you have a white darkroom again. > >Donal Philby >San Diego > I had a black darkroom for about a year and found it very depressing to work in. My work improved after painting it white. The only problem with white is I have to close the doors on my sodium vapor safelight or I will get some fog.