Hi Shel; My main concern is in film developing. I'd like to establish conditions that allow me not have to be concerned with temerature for now. That way I can start changing one variable at a time, time, agitation, concentration, brand, etc. I have control over everything except temperature, which in my current darkroom can vary wildly over the seasons. (50-90+ degrees) I have very little time each day to gain the experience you mention, the more 'constants' I have the more I can learn in that time. My former darkroom experience was very much an exercise in "hit and miss", I got a lot of good prints and negs but no repeatability due to the sloppy conditions. I would really like to be able to develop rolls at 6, 7, and 8 minutes, pick the one I like and know I can do it again exactly the same. Then change the concentration, agitation, etc. and see the effect. If I have to constantly fiddle with temperature I'll use up the little time I have to learn other things. Not trying to be anal, just fairly scientific in what is, quite literally, a chemistry experiment. ;-)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:13 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: Darkroom temperature control. > > > Y'don't need any of that. Just adjust your development times a bit. In > 30+ years of working in the darkroom, the best I've ever done is get the > water and chemical temp "close enough." Developing paper by > time/temp is a > waste of time because you're going to ultimately be making adjustments not > only with exposure times but in development. You may not realize > that now, > but the better you get in the darkroom, the more you're gonna be playing > with development times, developers, and other tricks of the trade. It's > the same with developing film, really. > > Shel
