I recall three darkrooms that I used, in 1960 a makeshift one in bathroom in my home, a regular one in an armory in Greenbelt MD about the same time, and one in the student union at UT Austin about 1970. All three used red lights IIRC. > On Jul 1, 2022, at 8:26 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > 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 -- voice: +1.512.784.7526 e-mail: sauer@technologists.com fax: +1.512.346.5240 web: https://technologists.com/sauer/ Facebook/Google/Skype/Twitter: CharlesHSauer