Dave, This can be really hard in a shared darkroom when you can't go to white light. Sometimes the emulsion can be almost as glossy as the backing. The edge markings will be correct reading when you're looking at the base side. You can also look out for a feint image-relief on the emulsion side .
Regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Well last nights darkroom and develop sure was a lot > better than last.Put the right chemicals in the right order(and enough of them) to do > a good job on a roll of Delta 100,shot this past Thanksgiving weekend.Only 2 attempts to > do > a decent contact sheet. > We also learned how to do a test strip,read it and proceed with prints.Because there are 6 > > enlargers and 10 students we were backed up a bit during the night,but i did manage > to complete a strip(after several BAD attempts due to thinking i was at f 16 but not) and > record times > for a print next week.Hard for these eyes to see those f stops:) > Now i just have to learn how to put a neg strip in the holder properly ie:not backwards:) > > Dave(this is fun now)Brooks > > >
