Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]God! Don't use Wisk!!! ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Edward > Meyers > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:05 PM > To: LUG > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shadow boxing > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >