Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sunday, Sunday, January 03, 1999, Bryant Terry wrote: > I remember using stuff that came in a can called UFG (ultra fine > grain?). I used this for years with replinsher. Bryant, I WISH I could find some UFG, made by Ethol. Have been looking for a while. I heard a month or so back that it is still made, but no one round here carries it, but Nashville is hardly the heart of the photo supply world. We got Dury's who is about as useful as tits on a bull.....stocks almost nothing a working pro needs. last time I was there needing RDP they only had 3 rolls.... > I am living in a part of Tennessee that if the Wal-Mart ain't got it, > you're SOL. What mail order places are best? Where in Tennessee? AFAIK Kim Sherman and I are the only two other "Volunteers" on the list and we both live in Nashville. I get around the state a lot as my "day job" does magazines all over Tennessee including the state vacation guide and the state economic and development guide. I have recently started using B&H since my former supplier closed shop. The fellow I bought from at the old place now works for B&H and handles orders personally for his old professional accounts. He has his own 800 # and takes care of the orders himself. I have been using them for about a month now and have had no complaints. They are not doing the charge on back order thing that was reported on this list a few weeks back, but maybe they handle customers with an account differently than credit cards? For Leica I stick with Sam Soshan, Pat McKee, and Don Chatterton (no particular order to my listing the names here). All equally nice, knowledgeable and a pleasure to deal with. As far as the B&W stuff goes I have been using the Tmax with the Tmax developer just for ease of use. one shot and toss it. The ilford chemicals are what I use for printing. We always used them at the newspapers and wire services I worked with so I got used to them. Being liquid also does make it a lot easier for one time mix and use than the powder junk. For paper I prefer the Agfa multi contrast semi matte RC paper. nice brilliant whites and hard blacks. Best regards, Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto preview my book: http://www.volmania.com