Hi: Yes paper is pretty forgiving. Its not nearly as sensetive to light as film. I rate paper at 6 ASA when I use it in a camera. My darkroom has a couple of small light leaks around the door. I haven't bothered fixing these yet. I will when I start processing real film. The CGP orhto film I use is even less sensetive than paper - an ASA of 1 to daylight.
I forgot one additional item for the minimal darkroom. Something to measure the chemicals. The recommended thing is a good graduated cylinder from the photo shop, but a large graduated measuring cup (intended for kitchen use) would work. As long as it is _only_ used for photo chemicals, and _never_ in the kitchen. A really cheap way of getting lab stuff is through surplus scientific suppliers. A good one in the states is American Science & Surplus http://ww.sciplus.com though they won't ship outside the states Can't find one similar to this in Canada :( Gord On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Nick Dvoracek wrote: > I've been using a red "party" bulb from the grocery store for about > 10 years. You have to check around the base to make sure the red > coloring covers completely. I covered the gaps with opaque tape. > I've also used orange christmas tree lights. I haven't tried leaving > a piece of paper out for 24 hours, but I haven't been all that > careful about handling paper under it. > > >From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <hol...@duke.usask.ca> > > > >The only one of these that _has_ to be bought from a photo store is > >the safelight. > >The rest can be got from a hardware store. > > > Nick > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nick Dvoracek dvora...@uwosh.edu > Director of Media Services Voice: 920-424-7363 > University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Fax: 920-424-7324 > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > --------------------------------------------------------- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 ---------------------------------------------------------