That is especially true if you are in a darkroom, loading film in the dark
and your jeans are so ragged that they are tickling the top of your feet.
That is just one of the lessons I've learned as I've finally made my way
back into a wet darkroom. No, I didn't get stung, however it wasn't until I
was in there, in the dark, with the film out of the canister, that I
started thinking about often we kill a scorpion inside the house. That didn't
help get the film on the roll. In fact it may have contributed to my dropping
one roll on the floor while I was trying to load it. Cr%p, now not only
do I have to worry about one crawling across my foot but I also am going to
have to feel around to find my film and risk picking one up. Got those two
rolls loaded and then went and put on some shoes. I'd like to tell you the
two rolls of 120 went better, but I be lying to you. Didn't drop either
one, but I think it took longer to load it than it did to process it.
Another lesson was that even though the Paterson tank takes either one roll
of 120 film or two rolls of 35mm, the two rolls of 35mm take more
chemistry. I knew that and had forgotten it. It has been three or four years
since I've done any processing.
It is coming back and one rule that I will observe from here on out is,
"No flip flops in the darkroom."
Bill Barber
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