Re: darkroom doors

FYI: In the 1970's I visited a photo lab in upstate New York that used
a labyrinth door for its darkroom. It worked something like this: As
you left the darkroom you went through an ordinary hinged door with good
light seals on all four sides. You then turned 90 degrees to the right
and walked some distance (maybe 15 feet?) along a corridor, then a
U-turn to the left, along another corridor and then (I think) exited to
the right. The corridors -- walls, ceilings and floor -- were painted
mat black. For film processing the darkroom door was closed, but for
printing the inner door could be left open, so people could walk in and
out freely.

Unfortunately my house is too small --- or we have too much stuff (not
cameras, of course) --- for me to build such a labyrinth, but I would
dearly love to. I have four dogs who are always on the wrong side of a
closed darkroom door. I imagine the same thing happens with kids...

Myron
Received on Mon Dec 3 06:33:51 2001