Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:28:22 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Tom Ferguson wrote:
> One note for those working with APH. I can't remember if "the list" or
> Freestyle told me it was safe to use regular/orange safelights with this
> film...... WRONG. This explained some of my contrast drift. Remember that
> this stuff spends a fair bit of time in the the pre rinse and development
> trays. It gets a lot of safelight, and mine did create significant fog!
Tom, you are so right. What you have to remember is that the folks at
Freestyle have never actually used the stuff, in fact for years they
didn't have a clue it could be used for contone (which it does fine,
incidentally -- my space-cadet undergraduates did it first rattle out of
the box,though that's not this message). I've used it OK teaching in gang
darkrooms when (by a law of education) the red filter for the overhead
"safety light" is missing -- be quick & careful, with the vanes closed as
far as possible. But once in a small darkroom where the "safety light" was
much closer, I got instant and total fog from a relatively brief exposure.
Judy
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