Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike, I'll second that statement. BTW: How did you warm to the Ilford Cooltone I sent you... gone cool on the Warmtone yet? Ed Buziak / Publisher (of hopefully the world's second-in-respectability darkroom magazine <gg>) "Camera & Darkroom" ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk * Web site under construction * - ---------- >From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Always use a control >Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2000, 5:51 pm > >Speaking from long experience--I do edit the world's leading darkroom >magazine, so, although not a leading expert myself, I do hang around >with experts a lot--I would add that it's a very good idea to do a >control whenever you are experimenting with any of the more arcane >development techniques, such as water-bath, split or pseudo-split, >modified formulas, forced physical development, post-fixation >retreatment, Beutler formulas, et cet., et cet. > >Oftentimes, photographers experiment with some one-off technique and >enthusiastically report successful results; but when doing the same >experiment with a control they are somewhat less enthusiastic, since >they often can't distinguish the specially treated negative from the >control. > >--Mike >