Re: Darkroom safe light

"piterengel" <pslaviero@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote

> [a] red safelight works [better] ... Is this correct?

Yes.

Some people don't like/have trouble seeing with a
red safelight.  There is a theory that contrast is
harder to judge under a red safelight - I don't think
this is the case.  Colored objects do appear
'contrastier' under narrow band illumination as they
turn black if they don't reflect 'in-band' - this
effect happens at all colors.  OC safelights, being
broader band, allow some color vision.

Red safelights can be quite a bit brighter than
OC.

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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
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