Yes - those things are important for people who want to go on to become good printers. But you have to be able to walk before you can run.
-- Cheers, Bob > > That's true, Bob. > But you are missing out good old techniques to increase > contrast by underexsposure/overdevelopment and decreasing > contrast by overexsposure/underdevelopment. > > > > I recommend slide film lab as a better medium for early > lessons in exposure. > There are too many variables involved in b&w development that > detract from the early important stuff about exposure. >

