Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your comments on the frustrations of getting a pile of unwanted color prints from your local one hour are entirely valid. However the flexiblity and convenience of contact prints and your own printing for color neg. is readily available within the Beseler RA-4AT chemistry and Kodak, Fuji, or Ilford RA-4 printing papers. The RA4-AT chemistry allows ambient temperature (not elevated!) and tray processing that is totally intuitive to what you know from black and white work. The print exposure times are similar, process times are similar and the ablity to pull your own color prints is endlessly satisfying. Even the costs are similar to black and white! Simply ask your one hour place to develop only. I usually supply a sleeve for my negs. The only negative is learning to work the exposure itself and the developer in total darkness. This takes about two prints to get over. I have some user notes on the process if anyone is interested. Will Wright