Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm trying to find a way to use my Maytag dishwasher to wash prints (made from Leica negatives, of course). Will all this help me determine the wash times for double weight fiber paper? Ed On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, John Brownlow wrote: > on 7/8/00 4:30 pm, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote: > > > Well, JD, the numbers make sense...but....Why do I keep thinking that being > > told you should want flare in a lens because it's a "good think" is a bit > > like being told that you want a dishwasher that leaks because then you can > > use the same water to wash the dishes and the kitchen floor? :-) > > Hey, BD, where can I get one? > > Seriously, I think that trying to sift out this effect among all the other > differences between coated/uncoated/asph/preasph designs is a total waste of > time. Suffice to say I'm no enemy of flare in the right circumstances, any > more than I am of grain or blur, especially when its suppression is at the > cost of other desirable parameters... BUT... I wouldn't trade in my asph lux > for a leaky dishwasher!! > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > >