Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The plastic tanks were given to kids who wore shoes with no laces so they'd not have to trouble with them. Seriously plastic used to be reluctantly advised for very young beginners grade school (middle school) (aged 12 and under) not high school under the condition that once they approached puberty they would of course switch to metal. I never knew anyone who questioned this very basic fact about doing photography. It was common knowledge from day one. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:44:23 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years > > The reason I favored the metal tank which was loaded from the inside > was that the film did not have to slide during the loading process. > Therefore, I could reuse the tank for a subsequent roll even if the > reel was not bone dry. On the other hand, the slightest bit of > moisture on any part of the reel of a plastic tank, loaded by sliding > the film in from the outside, resulted in total disaster. > > Herb > > >> I don't give a s**t about what some metal fetishists think. I will >> use the tool that works for me, images are what matters. >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> The plastic tanks were for grade school kids. In a high school >>> photography >>> class they'd flunk you if they saw you with one. >>> Decades later though for the Jobo system that was something else. >>> Some good people used those even for sheet film. >>> I graduated high school in 1969. >>> >>> -- >>> Mark R. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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