2.3. Your Mileage May Vary?
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This article is from the Darkroom
Work FAQ, by Cees de Groot
2.3. Your Mileage May Vary?
``YMMV'' is a well-known Usenetism to indicate that what works for me, may not work for you. This is especially true in photography. Although all photographic processes are subject to the laws of physics and chemistry, there is such a large variation of factors you need to take into account that it is impossible to say how something will work out exactly in somebody else's darkroom. Add to that personal preferences - what I call fine grain is horrible, golf-ball grain to the next guy - and you'll understand that the only way to find out is to experiment.
Especially questions containing the words ``will ... make a difference?'' are subject to this: probably, somebody with a well- equipped lab having access to advanced measuring instruments will always find a difference. But this does not matter. What matters, is whether you will see a difference. So, rather than ask the Net, you might as well see for yourself, because you're likely to get vague answers anyway.
Test And Experiment, you can only learn from it.
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