Dumb question, that is an OC filter really? what colour light does it emit? All the safelights I have found here are red, tho not very.
--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul ... > > The spec sheet for that paper suggests a Kodak OC > filter with a 15 watt > bulb at a minimum distance of 1 meter and for a > maximum exposure of 4 > minutes. It also suggests other filters, some of > which I believe to be > the equivalent of the Kodak OC. It also mentions > the Agfa G7, which I > suspect is also an OC equivalent. Different lights > and filters require > that there be less exposure before print quality > suffers. > > The spec sheet also notes that the first effect of > using the wrong > filter or light, or giving the paper too much > exposure, either because > the light source is too close to the paper, or the > time that the paper > is exposed to the light source, is a "softening" of > the contrast, even > before fogging occurs. > > The Agfa paper is sensitive to blue and green light, > so a green > safelight is inappropriate, and will definitely > cause contrast > problems. I'd strongly suggest a switch to an > appropriate safelight and > filter. > > Paul Jones wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using AGFA Premium VC. The paper isnt in the > light for very long, say 5 > > minutes tops, more like 4 minutes. Although my > grades have been a little > > different off late, maybe this is due to the Green > light? > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > 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 . > ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca - 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 .
