Well OK - you've got me!
Even my wife agrees with you!
I knew I would run into trouble with that... actually I first wrote "weeks" but changed that to months after thinking about it for a while...
My inital reaction was just as you suggested, but this is the problem with that approach as I see it.
1. This is a rare opportunity
2. This question has gone unanswered long enough
3. If, as many here claim, there is something special going on, then I feel certain that that "specialness" can be quantified.
I am reasoning that the 'technicians' are overlooking something that the 'glowers' see but cannot adequately describe.
Right or wrong, to be able to settle this once and for all... is going to require some forethought.
How the heck do you measure this kind of "glow" ?
Besides, MAS did say to hold off a bit, and I don't want to seem impatient or pushy.
OK, if it becomes a now or never situation, I will do what has to be done!
Admittedly, 'a couple of months' does sound kind of flakey!
(I am open to suggestions, if anyone has any constructive ides, please PM or eM me.)
I'll send you an Azo print if you would like to see one. I'll make it one that displays the unique qualities that set it apart from other gelatin silver papers. As for my bona fides, ask Michael Smith if I'm a good printer. Just PM me a snail mail address.
Well, I'd love to see one as well. I'll be happy to remimburse you for the postage.
I am planning to take a workshop with Michael and Paula-probably next spring. In the interim, I'll be starting to use Lodima as soon as the paper arrives.
Edwin
You're doing the right thing. After he shows you how to use it, it will take a while to teach yourself how to print. It took me about a year. A word of advice: take his "outflanking" methodology to heart. Force yourself to outflank the print until you can't anymore. It's difficult to do at first but utlimately very rewarding.
Is there a good supplier for amidol? I've heard that the amidol made in China has problems with staining. Does the formulary amidol have the same problem? Or are there other suppliers that carry amidol? Thanks
I use the Chinese amidol - filter it through a coffee filter before putting it in the tray. I use a submersible aquarium pump with all the filter material removed to stir the water in my first wash. The moving water removes any stain. Then I proceed to HCA and a normal wash in trays. Perhaps that's overkill, but easy enough to do and I don't have stains.
juan
It does help reduce the yellow stain but it is still there. After a few miuntes in the print washer it does disapear. It is important to filter the Chinese Amidol to get the chunks out but it works very well despite the bad rap it's gotten.Does filtering the solution help reduce the level yellow stain?
The order number, I think, shows up on your e-mail receipt.
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