Apple Watch Warning

[Winger]

When I'm loading or unloading holders, my Apple Watch stays out of the room. If I'm printing, I have one of the faces set up as just the time in red. I learned with my Fitbit to leave it out of the room. I didn't fog any film, but it came very close.

As for the virtues of it - I get messages about the progeny's sports, scouts, and school stuff during the day. Some need to be responded to fairly quickly. Women's jeans do not have pockets that can hold my phone (and the phone isn't even a plus version). Since they're both on the house wifi, I can leave the phone in the kitchen in my purse and still know what's going on. I have mine set so I see the local temp and it works well to time things (though I haven't tried voice activating that). And it keeps track of my activity - steps, heart rate, etc..

[Two23]

I figured out pretty fast I need to take my FitBit off and stick it in my pocket. As for timer, I have a Gralab 300 with luminous dial. My plan when I start trying tray developing is to point it away from the plates/film.


Kent in SD

[MartinP]

I admit to having used an Android tablet interval timer app to regulate agitation for sheet film, but I took the precaution of keeping it in one of the black bags paper comes in and giving four extra minutes so that there was time to get the film hangers out of the light-proof changing-bag, prior to actually dunking them for the first time. The thing that did spook me when I first noticed it, was seeing the amount of light that is produced by pulling the tape off a 120 roll. Luckily that didn't seem to cause an actual problem, but I did it much more slowly after that.

[Jim Noel]

I have been very interested in the responses to my posting. Each person has their own way of dealing with the problem. I use my phone for many of the ideas mentioned, plus few. In my darkroom i have an electronic metronome which beats, and never flashes. I also have my sisters old, 1930's, windup metronome, and a metronome built into my large darkroom time which has glowing digits. The large timer is about 3 feet above where i process film in open trays and it has never caused a problem. The one thing I do not have is a clock to give me the time.

[Tin Can]

I have 'light flashes' inside my closed eyes.

They are very disturbing but do not seem to fog film.

I have a large clock with a safelight on it for paper wash times.

[Jim Noel]

Randy I used to have those flashes.I hope you have seen an ophthalmologist about them.

[Tin Can]

I see one every 3 months. I have an eye surgeon

In the last 10 months cataract surgery, lens implants, laser cleaning, many tests and now daily drops.

Next exam March 11, I am worried.

Thank you!

Randy I used to have those flashes.I hope you have seen an ophthalmologist about them.

[Christopher Barrett]

I set my iPhone so three taps of the button makes the screen red so I can use it when printing.

How do you do that?

[Jim Noel]

I see one every 3 months. I have an eye surgeon

In the last 10 months cataract surgery, lens implants, laser cleaning, many tests and now daily drops.

Next exam March 11, I am worried.

Thank you!

Randy,
I hope all goes well and that you really have nothing to worry about, but i understand your concerns. Good luck.
Jim

[Tin Can]

Thanks Jim.

I didn't get glasses until I was 7 despite extreme myopia of -8 diopters which affected my schooling. The blackboard was a magical device I could not figure out. They even put me in classroom rear as I was squawking.

Once i got my glasses all became too obvious.

They are working on remedies. Here's an EU conference that spells out way more than any Dr will share. https://www.fundacionimo.org/en/40-m...-centre-retina

I still squawk but no longer care if I annoy the complacent.

Randy,
I hope all goes well and that you really have nothing to worry about, but i understand your concerns. Good luck.
Jim