Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu