Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, There are at least 6 years I've not developped at home, the reason? IMO the quality of the water is not the same as it was some years ago, there some micro particles spoting the film, even with a filter I was not happy with the results, maybe in Alicante you have better water than in Barcelona, the other way is use destillate water... but finally I go to Copia... Saludos Lluis El 08/01/2012, a las 20:02, Nathan Wajsman escribi?: > 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