Where do I start. I want to get a better grip on my whole photographic process. How do I go about calibrating my camera, development and printing process?

Back to sharpness for a moment. Does pushing film inherantly reduce sharpness? The reason I'm asking is I "had" to push a roll last week -- really dimly lit...

Bulk loading 120/220 film. Was this ever common? Why not?

I'm curious. How's does agitation affect contrast during film development? How much or how little can one agitate and still get acceptable results?

What's compression fogging? What's it look like? How's it caused? Is it real or imagined? I know "someone" who had a roll come back junked and the lab. The lab...

Does anyone use a solenoid to control flow or shut off wash water in their sink? Can you recommend an economical 120v solenoid valve. I want to be able to put...

I've got a big 454g packet of Kodak HCA. I don't exactly have room for the 5 US gallons that it will produce. I've contemplated just weighing out 20 per cent...

I'm short on sulfuric acid at the moment. (Could I just use common car battery acid? I do have a spare battery sitting in the garage...) Is there another...

Please help. I put a T3110 over a piece of Agfa Warmtone Fiber VC paper with a #2 filter and received the following results: - No differentiation between...

Does diluting any given developer generally increase sharpness in all films regardless? Is there a general rule for increasing development time when diluting...

Back to sharpness for a moment. Does pushing film inherantly reduce sharpness? The reason I'm asking is I "had" to push a roll last week -- really dimly lit...

Pix of David from last month (June? July?) at the lake. ~m

"Donald Qualls" wrote in message news:xc3Yc.84832$mD.72353@attbi_s02... Alan Smithee wrote: I'm going to attach the example....

I'm dumb but I can learn. I was scanning some black and white TMX I shot in Glacier Nat. Park on my honeymoon a couple of years ago and noticed that some of...

I've read that some people say they deliberately under-expose their B&W negatives (without adjusting development time) and in doing so they gain one or two...

My lens boards on my 45MX have them all taped up. But what are the "Pilot Light" holes suppose to do?

Does silver emulsion paper not have a toe and shoulder. At what point can one no longer burn in an image?

Does someone have an online PDF for the 45MX II enlarger, I would really like to get my hands on it. Beseler doesn't seem to have any of their documentation...

Does diluting any given developer generally increase sharpness in all films regardless? Is there a general rule for increasing development time when diluting...

I don't have a lot of experience with fibre paper. I've just started printing on some recently. Visually it looks less grainy than RC. Am I imagining things?