Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I wrote: > >>Uranium toner??????? Never heard of such a toner. How would describe >>it's effect and color on the print and where can you buy it? I'm not >>sure I want to anyhow, I use a selenium for increasing D-max without >>significant color changes . >> >>(I can't resist this one) Is this how you achieve the Leica "glow" >>with your Contax TVS? >> >>Still chuckling, Oddmund Replied snip >Chuckling over Contax T2/TVS is not very wise. You should remember that >these cameras have excellent Carl Zeiss Sonnar lenses, designed by Zeiss >Oberkochen and made from Schott optical glass. snip >Well, it is OK to ask if you don't know, but chuckling and using irony when >you have no idea about what you are talking about, is a sign of weakness. >And Jim Brick continues... >This was all meant in jest. But perhaps the irony is reversed. I've been in >this business a very long time. I had my first darkroom in 1948, attended >Brooks Institute of Photography 1959-1961, and have either directly used or >been exposed to most processes over the years. You can say anything you >wish about me, I really don't care. Meaningless. I do, however, know about >"uranium toner/intensifier." My colleagues and I gave-up playing with it >many many years ago. The results did not warrant the effort. Your bringing >it up and Duane's "glow" joke brought back old memories (and jokes.) This >certainly is not the first time uranium toner and photographers glow has >been "chuckled" about. snip >and because of the above mentioned hazard, at least here in the US, it has >become (for the average person): >UNOBTANIUM! ;-) snip > I'm of the opinion that mixing it yourself in the ordinary darkroom would be foolish. But... good luck For the record, I was not chuckling about Oddmund using a Contax TVS, nor was I implying that only Leica can give a "glow". It was a joke! I use lighting to achieve a sense of glow in my images and I use Canon FD and EOS. (I don't shoot with Leica yet!!!) It was a joke! I've been subscribing to this list in order to learn everything I can about Leica equipment because I want a quiet unabtrusive camera that doesn't get the "holy cow, mother of all camera" reactions my EOS1n's and L lenses get. It was a joke! I completed reading the entire volume of LUGgers digests last night (over 400) and there is a wealth of information contained it and if you skip some of the threads and ignore a few of the posters, it makes for enjoyable reading. It was a "glow" joke! Not a Oddmund joke nor a Contax joke! Thanks to Jim and Ken for the effort they put in to telling us both the formulation and health risks of the product. There certainly is a wealth of information on this list. I'm only 31 so my guess is this toner has been unobtainable for longer than I've owned a camera. I'm still chuckling (sort of) about Oddmund using uranium or uranic toner, but I think after what's been said, the jokes on him. Duane