On Friday, 1 July 2022 at 17:57:35 -0700, Adam Thornton wrote: > On Jul 1, 2022, at 5:08 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Friday, 1 July 2022 at 20:12:44 +0200, Harald Arnesen wrote: >>> Except that we didn't use red light in our darkrooms at all, at least >>> not from the 1970s and on. ... >> >> Correct. I started darkroom work in 1964, and from the beginning we >> used amber safelights. I don't think red safelights have been used >> since long before that. > > When I learned film photography in the mid 1980s the darkroom had > red lights. Of course it was a very old darkroom in a middle school, > so I'm sure that _adequate_ darkrooms had better equipment. Hmm. Any idea how old the equipment is? I suppose you wouldn't expect people to replace existing, functional equipment without good reason. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php