mar104 from Lloyd Erlick, With all my expounding on oil paint vs acrylic (silver vs digital, movies vs TV ...), I overlooked one thing. Does anyone know of...

I hav bought some NOVA ProSpeed C41 chemistry, to develop a few films. The enclosed leaflet gives only development times for intermittenet agitation (5sec...

Any hint what is causing the edges of the neg to be darkened? Example, three b&w pictures at the top of the...

Okay - this might sound like a dumb question - the "new" enlarger I just picked up (1960s vintage Opemus III) has two lenses, with the numbers 4.5/55 and...

I have in my hands my first roll with Agfa APX 25 (I found 5 135 rolls expiring in july of 1005), developed in Rodinal 1+25, and shot with Contax equipment and...

As I see it, Daguerreotypes, and film, and digital, are all photographic processes with the same goal: to reproduce what the eye sees. And each...

Fresh film, new test. The results are as follows Rated at 400, used spot meter to read gray card, then stopped down 4 stops. In developing, also included 2...

I'd like to photograph a gray card outside on an overcast day, in order to do some zone system testing with my new camera and lenses. Since I will eventually...

My volume of b&w processing has become so low that it no longer pays to keep D76 mixed up and replenish it as I used to. Suggestions on a long lasting...

Hi all, Sort of a silly question but .... I've been wondering what sort of agitation is required in the various baths after the (first) developer. For the...

seems that Agfa and Kodak will stop producing B/W films and paper. Ilford is in deep trouble and it's b/w department is for sale. Has anyone official...

I'm wondering which of the basic bulk chemicals I can find locally. For example, I've heard that ascorbic acid can be found at health food stores. What about...

Hi all, I'm looking for formulations of fixing bath without using ammonium thiosulfate. By now I have the Ilford IF-2 formulation (sodium thiosulfate 200 g,...

I currently got three questions about safelight in B&W printing: 1, I'v told that normal safelight, such as those produced by AP, can not used for...

So I just couldn't handle it any more. I broke down today and bought an enlarger! I've been thinking about it for a while now and foaming at the mouth...

Hello, I processed a roll of Ilford film the other night (first attempt at this!). The developing went fine, and before hanging the negatives to dry I put...

Has anyone tried this yet? There has been conjecture that it is Tri-X, re-spooled by Freestyle. I'm about due for some freezer filling on a group bulk order...

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...

I need to trade notes with ATL2 owners who have disassembled their machine for cleaning. I got one for a song ("Money don't buy you love"). I took the bottom...

June 10, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick, I'm running low on my stock of Metol (I use the Kodak version called Elon, which could be ordered from the photo store in...