[pure-silver] Re: what planet have I been on???
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 15:34:52 -0700
----- Original Message -----
From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 2:39 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] what planet have I been on???
DEAR PURE SILVERS,
For decades, when printing with variable
contrast (aka
multigrade) papers I have used Wratten 0C (amber/orange)
safelights with 15
watt bulbs no less than 6 feet away from my paper. I
regularly do fog tests
and have never discovered any fog for up to 15 minutes
under the safelights.
I was just checking the Bergger site and they
recommend 1A (red)
filters for their VC/MG papers. What planet have I been
living on? Did I
miss something these last 30 years?
CHEERS!
BOB
I don't know why Bergger recommends the 1A, perhaps
their papers are sensitized further into the green/yellow
region that most VC paper. The 1A is safe for any VC paper
(or graded paper) but most people find a red safelight less
comfortable to work under than the OC. Have you made a
fogging test of the Bergger paper using the OC filter?
I don't think there is any reason to switch to a red
filter for papers that recommend the OC or Ilford
equivalent.
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
=============================================================================================================
To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your
account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,)
and unsubscribe from there.
Other related posts:
