Re: Levels & Curves

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <FAEBJHPJNNGCAGDNGLNPAEGJDMAA.gsellani@accesscom.com>, gary 
<gsellani@accesscom.com> writes
>I've seen the motorized vents and Keeble and Schucat. If you haven't been to
>the SF Bay area, that is the "bring lots of cash but we have the best"
>camera store. It is one of the few lens rental places in the area. The have
>the Jobo AT1500 there as well.
>
>Getting back to the darkroom, I remember in high school handling the prints
>with bare hands. Even worse, one trick we learned was to rub the areas on
>the print you wanted to get developed a bit more because the friction would
>heat up the area, which in turn speeded up development. I'm guessing today
>nobody puts their fingers in the chemical baths.
>
I don't believe the hazard from conventional black & white chemicals is 
significant - it is a lot more dangerous breathing the fixer fumes than 
putting your hands in the developer or fixer, providing you wash them 
immediately afterwards.  Colour chemicals are a completely different 
matter though.

I remember when I first tried colour printing I used the same technique 
as black & white - only once though.  Maintaining 7(?) baths at the 
right temperature was no mean feat in itself.  After a day or so the 
ends of my fingers turned brown, where they had been in the chemical 
baths!  Even though I had tried not to use my fingers, working in total 
darkness meant it was inevitable.  My father was convinced I had started 
smoking heavily given the stains on my fingers - if anyone can remember 
those folk!

Unlike smoker's stained hands though, mine twinkled under spotlights 
with what, I assumed, were small particles of silver in the texture. The 
fashion never caught on though and I realised pretty soon that it wasn't 
a reliable method for colour and began saving cash for the proper kit. 
;-)
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
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