An old microwave oven is great for assessing drydown. Put a test print in
the microwave, nuke till dry (mine took about 15 seconds for a test strip)
and you see right away how much drydown you get. Air dried prints dried down
the same as the microwave dried tests did. Don't use one you cook food
in....test prints aren't fully washed and have bad chemicals in them!
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Chris Crawford
Fine Art Photography
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-747-3962
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
On 3/30/09 7:54 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> My dark room is created & process 135 film printing :-) But it's not easy
>> to print a good picture, still learning :p
>>
>
>
> There is no end to the learning process. Digital is for wimps, getting it
> right in the darkroom takes just plain hard work.
>
> Watch for "drydown".
>
> AG-MGIV-Schnozz
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