Why I do not use flash meter.. Do you?

Ah, reminiscing about HC-110 !

Wilt wrote in post #9351611
Ah, reminiscing about HC-110 !

Its been nearly 15 years and I swear I can still smell stop bath on my fingers.

You still have fingers? Hmmmmm..... I must have been doing something wrong.......

gonzogolf wrote in post #9351617
Its been nearly 15 years and I swear I can still smell stop bath on my fingers.

I always was bothered by the smell of fixer on my hands, more than the others.

sapearl wrote in post #9351631
You still have fingers? Hmmmmm..... I must have been doing something wrong.......

You should have had to deal with Cibachrome chemistry!

airfrogusmc wrote in post #9351346
Adams used a special dilution HC 110 with tri x 320 professional that he claimed gave him more range. That film/developer combo when you look at the film curves the curves come straight up with very little toe. in other words a good deal of detail in those very dark areas where other film/developer combos wouldn't have detail. When you look at most B&W film/dev combos film curves they all have much more of a toe.

We used HC 110 in a replenished 31/2 gallon tank back in the day, the owner was a Brooks grad and I believe he mentioned getting the idea from Adams.

Wilt wrote in post #9351664
You should have had to deal with Cibachrome chemistry!

Yeah, no kidding. Who set the skunks loose?

sapearl wrote in post #9351631
You still have fingers? Hmmmmm..... I must have been doing something wrong.......

Fingers yes, nails.... well sorta kinda....

And the graying of your and nails and skin from the silver. They say it will eventually go away .

airfrogusmc wrote in post #9351719
And the graying of your and nails and skin from the silver. They say it will eventually go away .

What's a little metol poisoning amongst friends. Brett Weston nearly lost his fingers from it. I just had brown nails, digital was the best cure I found.

breal101 wrote in post #9351697
Yeah, no kidding. Who set the skunks loose?

I actually got very sick one time. I was printing a portfolio of 20 prints 16X20 and I guess I had one to many nose hits when removing the top of the tube. Kodachome 25 and cibachrome. What a combo.

And it could be very frustrating at times. No matter how fast you got the tube on the rolling machine I would get chemical steaks on probably 1 out of every four large prints.

breal101 wrote in post #9351744
What's a little metol poisoning amongst friends. Brett Weston nearly lost his fingers from it. I just had brown nails, digital was the best cure I found.

And I used t use a very strong rapid fix solution (archival) with a very long wash time when printing my serious stuff (fiber base) and it would give me raw skin on my fingers which I called fixer finger. Gray nails and raw fingers the babes just loved it .

airfrogusmc wrote in post #9351771
I actually got very sick one time. I was printing a portfolio of 20 prints 16X20 and I guess I had one to many nose hits when removing the top of the tube. Kodachome 25 and cibachrome. What a combo.

And it could be very frustrating at times. No matter how fast you got the tube on the rolling machine I would get chemical steaks on probably 1 out of every four large prints.

I loved the look of Cibachrome. K-25 and a Ciba was a beautiful combination. 4X5 E-6 looked pretty good too. We used a basket line but it wasn't much better, basket marks on at least 25% of the prints. We finally had to abandon it because the girls up front said they were going on strike over the smell.

Nahhhh..... that color stuff was all black magic and sorcery to me back then. Besides, we could only afford a b/w darkroom .

Wilt wrote in post #9351664
You should have had to deal with Cibachrome chemistry!

RDKirk wrote in post #9338179
From your blog:

So what do you use when you're in a situation not connected to a computer?

I use camera LCD screen. The only time I do not have my pc connected when I shoot interior/exteriors, and 99% I shoot HDR, 3 or more exposures for each image. I always use 3 or 4 strobes as additional light source while shooting interiors, but still I feel like I do not need to use flash/ambient meter there.