[Leica] Inspection Developing

[Lluis Ripoll]

Thank you Alan for your detailed explanation, as you say it rquires practice …, maybe I will try it one day, I keep your explanation.

Best!
Lluis


> El 19 ag 2019, a les 0:53, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> va escriure:
> 
> Sun, 18 Aug 2019 Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Alan,
> 
>> Thank you for your information!
> 
>> I?ve never developed by inspection, I think it will be not easy see the
> negative in the dark?.
> 
>> Best!
>> Lluis
> ==========================================================================
> I found this technique to be very useful for trying odd film/developer
> combinations, and in case of
> under or over exposure.  You need a #3 dark green darkroom filter and
> ideally, a foot switch for it.
> Also the processing leading up to the inspection should be done under red
> light to preserve night vision.
> 
> I would load the tank and develop to about 3/4 of the required time, then
> turn off the red light, open
> the tank, unroll the film a bit, emulsion side up and then turn on the
> green light with the foot switch.
> If the frames looked like dark rectangles, the developing was done.  The
> green light can only be on
> for a few seconds (at a distance of about 2-1/2 feet), or the film will be
> fogged.
> It takes practice to get to know how to relate what the film looks like
> under the green light to how
> it ends up when fixed, but I think it's worth knowing.
> 
> -- 
> Alan
> 
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> 
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
> 
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