Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Richard Man wrote: > It's better than XTol, in my book, and may be Pyro too, but I never > try Pyro, or may be zillions other developers are better than XTol, > who knows. All I know is, 777 works for me. > > The post your referenced mentions that PPD is in hair dye. If Ronald > Reagan lived to be two thousands sixty five years old with hair dye > possibly laden with PPD, it couldn't be all that bad for you, could > it?!!! maybe, you just stumbled onto the cause of Alzheimer's Disease.... Steve > > Nevertheless, thanks for your concern, I will wear gloves :-) > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Mark Rabiner<mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: >> 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?!?! >> > > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.rfman.com > // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information