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Subject: [Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 22:36:51 +0100
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Opposite with me--I never used metal reels, always plastic.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 8 Jan, 2012, at 22:30 , Herbert Kanner wrote:

> Congratulations! I learned to load a stainless steel tank by feel (Nikor, 
> Nikkor  [?] ) when I was high-school age and never retreated to plastic 
> ones.
> 
> Herb
> 
> 
> 
>> I stopped developing my own film when I moved from Switzerland to
>> the Netherlands in 2003; in our Dutch house, there just was no good
>> space for it, and I had a good lab in Amsterdam. Since moving to
>> Spain in 2007, I have been using a lab in Barcelona by mail--they do
>> good work, but it is not cheap, and there is waiting time involved.
>> So, during my recent visit with Jim Shulman, he convinced me that
>> doing my own development is the way to go, even for a low-volume
>> person like me. I bought the chemicals and a developing tank with
>> two spools from Foto Mayr in Germany, and today I had the pleasure
>> of developing my first roll in 9 years--a roll of Fuji Acros 6x9
>> (Texas Leica), all 8 images appear nicely exposed and correctly
>> developed.
>> 
>> Thanks for the inspiration, Jim!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
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>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> -- 
> Herbert Kanner
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> 650-326-8204
> 
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Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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http://www.greatpix.eu
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