Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] The Magic Harvey 777, Redux
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:33:19 -0400

The one chemical that we know about which is in there is poisonous.
Is it necessary?
Very darkroom mystique inducing.
Me I'm just real interested in making images. And would never use a
developer in which I did at least not know what was in it. If not exactly
how much of each component..
Its like like people are showing me images and I'm going "gee how did they
get tonality like that which I've never got!???"

I found 4 sources about it on the internet.
People for sure used it back in the 50's.
But no mention of the iconic images taken with it.
Not one example for me to close my eyes and imagine.


I don't underhand the search for a cure for an un named aliment.
What's broken? What needs to be fixed? Why the big search?
If Pyro or Beutlers or any of the many known formulas, ascorbic acid
enhanced used to great non mumbo jumbo success does not work for you than
I'd like to see why!
Where's the problem with our images that needs to be fixed?!?!


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Chris Saganich <chs2018 at med.cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:01:39 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Magic Harvey 777, redux
> 
> How do you know if it is really Harvey's 777?  As I understand it the
> formula was bought by Bluegrass packing Inc., and the other "777" are
> imposters.  It never has been published as far as I can tell.
> 
> At 10:20 AM 6/8/2009, you wrote:
>> It does give lovely tonality. Can't wait to see your next images with




Replies: Reply from richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] The Magic Harvey 777, Redux)
In reply to: Message from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] The Magic Harvey 777, redux)