Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/09

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Subject: Re: You guys need to switch to decaf!!
From: Mark McCormick <markmcc@potlatch.esd112.wednet.edu>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 12:42:00 -0800 (PST)

I agree, I have worked in my HS's darkroom thats all black, (including
counters!) and mine thats painted white, over spring break we are painting
the HS's! My students much prefer mine, (of course everything works in
mine, and its clean :))

Mark McCormick



On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Donal Philby wrote:

> Ben Holmes wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > I've spent this, my second weekend, completely media-blacked-out. I've shot
> > some film with Bill Welch's Summilux (thank you Bill), painted the interior
> > of my darkroom black,
>
> Ben, are you nuts?  A black darkroom?  I had to work in one once on a
> small newspaper and it was awful.  It was almost impossible to find
> anything, no matter how bright the overhead light.  I got to hate going
> in there.  The start of my love of slide film and E-6 labs.  In my last
> studio we had a very tiny film loading room  next to the darkroom and
> painted it dark grey, but even that I think was overkill.
>
> If you have a light tight room, you shouldn't need it black.  And what
> might reflect off walls and back onto a print would be way below the
> D-max, I think.   If it isn't, it should improve your shadow detail!!
>
> I'd wager by this time next year you have a white darkroom again.
>
> Donal Philby
> San Diego
>