Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use the two-finger approach; no squeegees. Water quality is an issue here but there's not a thing I can do about it- welcome to Afghanistan, don't drink the water, and keep the body armor close at hand. One more year, program's done, and I will be as well! Wendy On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > On 3/2/2010 4:48 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> Do you squeegy the water off the negs after hanging? That's how I was >>> trained >>> but now wonder if that might be a source of scratches? >>> Rob >>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "Sue Pearce"<bs.pearce at cox.net> >>> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:14:17 >>> To:<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Wendy;s developing. >>> >>> >>> Wendy, >>> >>> >> >> That has not worked for me. >> What has worked for me is using my first and second fingers like scissors >> to lightly pull most the water dragged off the bottom once they're hung. >> If >> there is a piece of grit in there you'd feel it and stop pulling down is >> the >> thing. Smart sponges. >> Time and time again I'd try not first squeegee and I'd get marks. >> Who wants marks? Not me. >> >> [Rabs] >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but a good darkroom water filter > is needed for rinsing, as well as fixer and stop. A film washer is a good > investment - you put the reels in and it fills up, dumps, then fills up > again and so on. The final soak in PhotoFlo should be in distilled > (water). In my darkroom I always used local mineral water for developing, > because it started as distilled and they added the same amount of minerals > each time. I liked the result better for developer than distilled. I just > used two fingers to take off the excess water, whatever the film size. The > temp on all steps should be reasonably close, especially > developer/stop/fix. > Personally, I like those little CF and SD cards a lot better. > > Ken Carney > Oklahoma City, Oklahoma > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >