I've been following the talk about platemakers with great interest. I make
large cyanotypes and I will beg my way into the printmaker's studio to use
their platemaker on occasion. My exposures on the platemaker have been
taking 20 to 30 minutes also. Someone here told me that the BL bulb was
taking about 30 minutes to expose his cyanotypes and if this is true, there
is very little difference in time between the two lightsources. So I am
much more interested in purchasing the fluorescent BL bulbs for use at
home. But I was warned that you shouldn't look at the BL bulbs either. Does
anyone know if this is true?
from the 64th parallel,
Margie