Gilbert wrote:

Has anyone found a way of not doing this in complete darkness, eg.
night-vision, infra-red or special safelight filter?



Yes. Look at this thread :
http://www.apug.org/forums/showthrea...night+vi sion
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Gilbert


The only light that I have heard to be safe during development of
panchromatic is in the following situation. When developing sheet film
(don't try this with 35 mm film, it is too small to inspect properly),
after the film has been in the developer bath for about 3/4 of the
allotted time, you may hold it up briefly in front of a dim, dark green
safelight for purposes of inspection of the degree of contrast obtained.


Francis A. Miniter