The American annual of photography . s u 4-*CO P bo ^^ Oo Disregarding the purely portrait game, you will save moneyin the end by getting an exposure meter, a tank, and by study-ing the composition and action of your developer. There isno question v^hatever but the experience is all in the the tank you can develop a dozen negatives to exactlythe same degree of contrast—you can do it in thirty minutestoo—and you do not have to stay in the dark-room one v^ho has ever tried to develop plates in a hot dark-room in the summer can realize what this means. With the tank you simpl
The American annual of photography . s u 4-*CO P bo ^^ Oo Disregarding the purely portrait game, you will save moneyin the end by getting an exposure meter, a tank, and by study-ing the composition and action of your developer. There isno question v^hatever but the experience is all in the the tank you can develop a dozen negatives to exactlythe same degree of contrast—you can do it in thirty minutestoo—and you do not have to stay in the dark-room one v^ho has ever tried to develop plates in a hot dark-room in the summer can realize what this means. With the tank you simply have to get your developer in thetank at the right temperature, put in your plates, clamp on thecover, set the tank in a jar of water at the same temperatureand turn the tank bottom up every three minutes. At the endof a half hour they are developed, and if the contrast does notplease you it can be corrected next time either by a change indeveloper composition, or by a change in the development time. Most tank developers conta
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