> But at the risk of making more of a fool of myself than usual, I will > toss it out anyway. > > I am sure I remember reading somewhere that Ansel Adams occasionally > dried FB prints in a microvwave oven -- maybe he mentioned it in one of > his books.
You're right. _The Print_, page 84. He used it to dry test prints in the middle of a session. The highlight tones of some papers look lighter when wet than they do when dry, an effect called dry-down. He used the microwave as a quick method of confirming highlight tonality after dry-down. It's a useful technique. I've done it for years. However, I don't dry final prints in the microwave. Neither did Ansel. --Mike - 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 .
