Photochrome Camera Club

San Francisco Photography Club: Established 1942

Archive of Club Instructions

by Martin Taylor

by Martin Taylor

How many times have you heard members at meetings say, “It didn’t look like this at home” when they see their image projected? Confusingly, others tell us that their images look pretty much the same in their home digital darkrooms as they do at the club. What’s going on?

Have you ever tried to watch a TV during the day in a very bright room? The reflections can be so distracting as to make the screen unwatchable and the colors and dynamic range of the picture are washed out in the extreme. The same TV in the same room can look great that night. That’s the destructive power of ambient light.

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