Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Even tanks which come with metal lids the first thing you want to do is replace them with rubber ones. Yes the little tiny cap at the very top but also in most cases the entire cap. Use a black rubber one. They are sold individually. Obviously it is possible to get one every once in a while which may not work on your tank if your tank has a fluted top end. But most the times they will. And most tanks are straight. Part of the reason is tight no leaking fit. But the main reason is a rubber tanks makes for liquid pouring through must faster than the metal ones. With a metal tanks its not all that advised to try to pour a liter of water though. It takes a full minute or more. A rubber top it takes 20 seconds. A nice amount of time. If all you have is a metal tank in the dark fill the tank then lower the reels in. a pain in the b. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:58:27 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] someone want to sell me a developing tank & 120 reels? > > There's always a digital back for the Hassy... > > I think I got a metal Nikon cap but it was cracked and my efforts to > seal it only led to more leaks. I think I threw it away. > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:51:32 -0400 > Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > >> Richard sed: >> >>> No, bring him back to the fold! Soon he will be using his M6 again >>> too >>> :-)!!! >>> >>> Kyle, I am wondering though, while I love your iLeica photos, how >>> much time do you spend post processing? Is it really any shorter >>> than, heck, shooting the Hassy and scan? I know the resulting images >>> look very different, I am just asking in terms of time-spent. >> >> ah the iLeica -- it's a bit cumbersome because you have to open each >> app, then process, then save, then open in another. So it's actually >> possible that I might spend two minutes on one shot with manipulating >> and adding a watermark. Probably the minimum time is 60 seconds. I've >> spent 15 minutes on one before probably, so it varies. >> >> the difference between that and shooting with the Leicablad is that I >> can do my iLeica post-processing on the bus and in line at the >> supermarket.... >> >> kc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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