You're right of course. It's not brighter, it's just concentrated in the area to which it is reflected.
Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > Yes, of course, one light reflected 6 times is 6 times as bright. We could > put the power companies out of business. I am looking for investors. I am > also looking for investors in the related fields of perpetual motion, and > anti-gravity... > > Ciao, > graywolf > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: Let's talk darkrooms, again > > > I disagree. All enlargers leak light from from around the negative > carrier. > > With white walls, you reflect that light leakage and fog the paper. > However > > minimally, you're losing brilliance in your highlights. Been there, done > that. > > What's more, safelight illumination is calibrated to be okay for paper > based > > on the amount of light that emanates from the safelight. White walls > increase > > the amount of light. Consider, for example, what would happen if you > walled > > your darkroom with mirrors. It would be as though you had eight > safelights. > > And you would surely fog your paper. White walls are akin to mirrors. > They're > > reflective. Not as reflective as mirrors, but too reflective for a > darkroom. > > Read Ansel Adam's book the print. Ansel painted everything black and > minimized > > reflective surfaces wherever possible. Those from the PJ school of > photography > > may not consider Ansel a great photographer, but no one in their right > mind > > can say that he wasn't a great printer. > > Paul > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Shel is right on... > > > > > > White is color for the inside of a darkroom. What little light you get > from > > > your safelight will go that much further with white or off-white walls. > > > > > > And, if possible, paint or put white linoleum or something similar on > the > > > floor. That way when you get butter fingers and can't switch on the > light > > > whatever you dropped will show up on a white floor under the dim > safelight. > > > > > > Will be building my new darkroom next month!! Whoooppee! > > > > > > It's gonna be nice to have a space bigger than a closet to work in!! > > > > > > Brendan > > > - > > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
