The Darkroom Cookbook Forum

I've had two summers where our shelf temperatures went over 110 for a few days. The power of course went out, and I had a few questions around stable fixer concentrates that are neutral or alkaline. I've had the tops blow off of bottles, spectacularly blowing the contents of a bottle of platinum ton...

I was looking at a few ideas (that are likely wrong) on taming the contrast and development speed for X Ray film that haven't been addressed anywhere I can find, and wanted to kick this out there. 1. Can dropping the temperature of the solution be a useful strategy? Using Rodinal at high dilution so...

page 113 of volume VII American Journal of Photography from 1903- [Correspondence] From Mr Chapman Jones in the English Amateur Photographer: 4 oz. (113 grams) hypo 20-30 grains, (1.29-1.94 grams) Sod. Carbonate 1/4 oz. (7 grams) Sod. Sulphite 32 oz​ water? Fix until clear. Then put into fresh batch...