Hi: You should try an alkaline fixer. These have no odor - but also no hardener - but this shouldn't be a problem.
I have a formula for this - I mix it myself - can you mix your own chemicals? To get rid of the smell you need something that draws air off the surface of the tray - I think a bathroom fan my just get all the air moving around and could be worse than no fan at all -depends on the strengh of the fan maybe. Another solution is to cover the trays - just open them long enough to get a print in or out. Gord On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Rauch, Shelley wrote: > Thanks to both of you (Chris & Ray) who pointed me to this very useful site! > > I tried playing with my pinhole again this weekend. I set up a mini-darkroom > in my bathroom, went outside with the cameras, took my shot, and went back > inside to see what I had. > > Unfortunately, that was when it all went downhill. > > I had the fan running in the bathroom, but apparently it doesn't actually > pull out odor. I walked in, and nearly fell over from the chemical smell. I > thought that as long as i had everything set up, I may as well just try to > work quickly and make these two prints. > > At about 1 1/2 minutes into development, black spots were dancing in front of > my eyes. Without thinking, I reeled back, opened the door, and then just > stood there, taking in air. > > Unfortunately, this let in a good amount of white light. The prints went > black. :( > > Back to square one. I need to figure out this ventilation thing. I can > honestly say at this point that pinhole looks like too much fun not to tinker > with on a regular basis. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ch...@ellingerphoto.com [mailto:ch...@ellingerphoto.com] > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:04 AM > To: Rauch, Shelley > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] new to list/pinhole photography > > > Shelly, > > Many of your quesitons are answered here: > > http://www.pinholephotography.com.au/Theory/theory.html > > Good luck! > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > --------------------------------------------------------- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 ---------------------------------------------------------
