Razor blades in film developing tray

[Bill Burk]

Does anybody do this?

Might as well, couldn't be any worse.

[Ari]

To what end?

[cyrus]

whaaa?

[Jason Greenberg Motamedi]

Put them in your stop and I bet your fingers will really sting!

[johnielvis]

I think it's supposed to sharpen up the pictures....old weegee trick

[Bill Burk]

I think it's supposed to sharpen up the pictures....old weegee trick

That must be it... It does say "Sharpest" right there on the box...

I was just miffed because I processed a batch of film a little carelessly. A shot that has a lot going for it, also has a scratch that's going to be a bear to retouch.

p.s. I work for Kodak but the opinions and positions I take are not necessarily those of Eastman Kodak Company.

[cyrus]

Whew - I thought this was going to be a prelude to a darkroom suicide note

[Bill Burk]

Oh, no - I didn't mean anything as serious as "life" - I just meant scratches on film wouldn't be any worse with razor blades in the tray.

[Mark Sawyer]

I think it's supposed to sharpen up the pictures....old weegee trick

Todd Walker once told me a Weegee story... seems a group of college kids went to see him while he was working in his darkroom. He was a bit of a slob, and used the geveloper tray as an ashtray for his cigar. The students didn't say anything, but thought it must be some secret to printing, and started buying cigars to burn for the ashes to put in their print developer.

[Mark Stahlke]

Todd Walker once told me a Weegee story... seems a group of college kids went to see him while he was working in his darkroom. He was a bit of a slob, and used the geveloper tray as an ashtray for his cigar. The students didn't say anything, but thought it must be some secret to printing, and started buying cigars to burn for the ashes to put in their print developer.

I hear Cuban cigars make the best prints. Too bad they're illegal in the US.