Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: >>You wrote: >>Don't make it too dark! My darkroom is about 9'X 12'. I put a Thomas safelight in the middle. I could hardly call it a darkroom anymore. I did some extensive testing for fogging and discovered a problem. It happened when I preexposed the paper to a certain threshold, which I now do for all safelight testing (i.e. identify and give max exposure for zero density, then do the coin test). I blamed the Thomas and took it down. I left up the smaller lights. Turns out the fogging was caused by one of the smaller lights. The filter was old so I replaced it and the problem cleared up. I tested the Thomas again and there was no problem. Still I took it down. I couldn't get used to working in that much light. Plus I'm 6 foot and the light hung down to 5 feet ll 1/2 inches. I banged my head every time I got overly excited about a print and sprinted across the room to turn on the 5000K lights. Dave