Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect George's experience was with the older processing machine, not the K-lab. IIRC the K-lab was supposed to do away with the need for a full-time chemist et al. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> >Sent: Jan 31, 2006 2:56 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:kodachrome > >No problem George. Ted, Tina and B.D. have volunteered to emigrate to >Netherlands to run the machine and do the job for Fred Hess and the rest of >us investors. > >Strong regards, > >Seth > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist@imagist.cnc.net> >To: <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:44 PM >Subject: [Leica] Re:kodachrome > > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome--Any Indication of Its Future >> >>> Let's form a bl**dy consortium and buy the thing!!! >> >> Believe me; you don't want to do that. Back in college I worked third >> shift production processing with these beasts. We had a complete >> Laboratory with full time lab tech to monitor the chemistry plus 2 >> machine techs to handle the loading and film breaks (which set off an >> alarm horn that scared the **** out of you). It took two of us 45 min to >> an hour to clean the sucker before shutting it down. There's reasons >> that this technology is going bye bye. >> >> regards, George >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information