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Subject: [Leica] A Glimmer of Hope for Film Users
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:27:43 -0500
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Thanks for the feedback, George.  I was told that the rollers could need 
cleaning, but I could find no sign of any residue or roughness.  Glad to 
know that the film packs could have been the culprit.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] A Glimmer of Hope for Film Users


> Never encountered it with the SX-70.
>
> Did encounter uneven distribution with 4x5, 8x10 and pack size  Polaroids;
> generally meant bad (out dated or poorly stored) chemical packs
> or rollers in need of cleaning.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Hi George,
>>
>> I also have an SX-70 in the closet.  As I recall, it suffered from 
>> uneven distribution of the developer with the last couple of film  packs 
>> that I used.  Did you ever encounter that?  The result was  flawed areas 
>> in the images.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" 
>> <imagist3 at mac.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] A Glimmer of Hope for Film Users
>>
>>
>>> Nice to here - glad I kept my SX-70
>>>
>>> Now if only they'd get us some fresh PN film for our 5x5's
>>> we'd be in heaven.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>
>>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:56 AM, durling at cox.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm afraid this is not Leica related, but it gives me hope for  the 
>>>> future
>>>> of film to know that somebody has resurrected an extinct film   format 
>>>> and
>>>> plans to continue production.  The Impossible Project has come  up 
>>>> with new
>>>> film for Polaroid SX-70 cameras...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=873885
>>>>
>>>> Mike Durling
>>>>
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