Forum: Photography


Subject: Darkroom Setup for B&W film

TheVelvetFoxx opened this issue on Jun 14, 2004 ยท 5 posts


AntoniaTiger posted Wed, 16 June 2004 at 5:28 PM

One advantage of proper sepia toning is that it is more stable. The black in a B+W print is silver, andd can be slowly affected by chemicals in the air. Sepie toning, and others, replace the silver with something else, often a more durable metal. Colour prints don't have any silver in the final result, they use coloured dyes and will fade. Inkjet printers have similar problems with fading dyes. Don't worry about sepia toning yet, a lot of old photographs are basic silver anyway.