Has anyone used red safe light while printing with Ilford Galerie?

**John Kasaian** · 17-Jul-2013, 18:25

Will it work OK as a substitute for OC amber?

**John Kasaian** · 17-Jul-2013, 21:32

Arrgh! My 'puter won't let me view downloads of data sheets so I did some research. Apparently red will work on graded paper but most all multi-grade paper requires an oc safelight.
So I should be good to go!
The Christmas lights got put away for the year but I have a red Premier safelight for ortho film which I've plugged in---t's a 100% improvement over the GE Guide lamp! The proof of course, is in the pudding (or print!)

**John Kasaian** · 17-Jul-2013, 21:48

This red safe light is fun! I feel like I'm connecting with my inner Weegee

**Jim Jones** · 18-Jul-2013, 05:36

Originally Posted by John Kasaian

Will it work OK as a substitute for OC amber?

Yes. OC filters pass a wider range of colors including red. This is for improved visibility in the darkroom. Proper red safelight filters are even safer, but less pleasant to work under.

**Larry H-L** · 18-Jul-2013, 07:59

I only have red, haven't had any problems with fog.

**Peter Yeti** · 18-Jul-2013, 13:06

Ilford Galerie fortunately is an old-style paper and extremely resistant against safe-light fogging. You can use red, amber, orange for sure, even green if I recall correctly. I used green way back when and only switched to red because of the vc papers I use as well nowadays.

**bob carnie** · 18-Jul-2013, 13:20

I am using the digital Galerie silver paper, I am ending up with a lot of off cut rolls that I will cut down to size and print some day, this paper is red sensitive so it will have to be done in total darkness like RA4 paper.
I have been watching a few people put paper in pinholes and reverse processing which may make cool one of a kind images.