Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alex, Just use the PhotoFlo as Don suggests. Don't even question it. Make sure you use distilled water. It is used highly diluted so a small bottle lasts forever. It is made by Kodak and should be sold by any photo shop worth walking in the door. It's only a 20 second rinse after the wash. Your films will come out looking beautiful. I reuse a batch between 3 to 5 times depending on the size negatives and before dust gets into it. Your photos are beautiful. I like your model. An adorable child. Thanks for posting. Len On Jun 21, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Alex wrote: > Thanks Don for the advise. I'm not sure I'll follow "film dryer" > route any time soon - just a bit tight on space, but will > certainly consider photo-flo thing... > Will have ask around in photo shops whether they keep such in stock... > > Don Dory wrote: > >> Alex, >> Addressing the dirt and water streak issues. First, dilute some >> photo-flo >> at no more than label directions with distilled water and hang at >> an angle >> so that the water goes to the edge of the roll and then down and >> you will >> remove almost all spotting/water spot issues. Second, make or buy >> a film >> dryer so that one, dirt is almost completely eliminate and second, >> your film >> is dry in minutes instead of the next day. You can make a film >> dryer out of >> some schedule 40 PVC, a hair dryer, some HEPA filters for a vacuum >> and a >> small bit of very stiff wire or wide mesh screen to hold the reels >> inside >> the dryer. >> >> In the LUG archives there is a tremendous amount of information >> regarding >> processing B&W film. Also, questions to us will provide some >> extremely >> knowledgeable folks to answer. >> >> Thanks for showing the images and keep pushing the shutter release. >> >> On 6/21/07, Alex <alex@zabrovsky.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Well, making a leap into a real B&W - first in my life, with manual >>> processing at home. >>> So far did two Tri-X 400 rolls (both in HC-110, dill. B for 6.5 >>> minutes >>> at 20 deg.C). Still have lots to learn, but so far appears to be >>> not so >>> bad... >>> Please check my galleries: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/alexz/All-around+local/ - last >>> three >>> images >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/alexz/portraits+and+people/ - >>> last 6 >>> images >>> >>> P.S. no major retouch has been done to save some time, so there >>> is some >>> dirt and water residue appear - still have to learn how to cope with >>> these annoying issues.... >>> >>> Sincerely, Alex >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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