{"id":32747,"date":"2025-11-12T01:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T05:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=32747"},"modified":"2025-11-11T21:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:19:26","slug":"hello-darkness-my-old-friend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/hello-darkness-my-old-friend-2\/","title":{"rendered":"hello darkness, my old friend (II)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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a c2013 darkroom<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Throughout most of the plate\/film era a darkroom was de regueur<\/em> to see the negative exposure as a positive plate or print. For many years a red\/yellowish safe light – black to non-panchromatic emulsions but visible to the human eye – allowed the operator to see what he was doing.<\/p>\n

When 35mm came along, daylight tanks soon arrived shortly followed by the rubberized, black zippered cloth bag that allowed the tank to be loaded while the operator was in daylight.<\/p>\n

Photo paper was orthochromatic allowing safe-light use. All this changed with colour photo paper. Light-tight drums were loaded with a fresh sheet of paper in darkness. Under light, the drum was filled with a bit of chemistry and rolled to ensure proper agitation. After various solutions, the paper was removed, washed and dried.<\/p>\n

Today, most of us use digital technology eliminating all the darkroom steps completely. Digital images can quickly be corrected and sent world-wide in seconds or just saved as a future memory.<\/p>\n

In our PHSC events we often have darkroom apparatus available – enlargers, tanks, trays, etc. While our 2025 events are now ended, the 2026 events are on the horizon!<\/p>\n

Note: I must have enjoyed Simon & Garfunkel – This post title is from the same song by Paul Simon, “The Sounds of Silence”. sung here by Paul and Art Garfunkel<\/a>. I used the song and title in a different context in Feb 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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