Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oliver: It would be a very long walk indeed. I'm in Massachusetts... lived in the Bay Area from 1965 until 1974 while in grad school and while teaching. Best regards, Jim Hemenway On 8/26/13 4:08 PM, Bryk Oliver wrote: > Jim wrote: > >> Oliver: >> >> It's not that difficult to soup your own, and no need to spend hours on >> the MUNI. >> >> Get a stainless tank and reel, Nikkor is best, >> and a one liter bag of D76, a very forgiving developer. >> Some Ilford liquid fixer and some FP4 film. >> >> Less than 20 minuets to process then wash and dip in a bowl of water >> with a drop of Photo Flo. >> >> Hang it to dry for awhile in a part of your apartment/condo with hardly >> any traffic. Leave it alone! >> >> Have a glass of Cabernet, "The apples are under control". >> >> At 72, I do it at least once a week, you can do it too... but I don't do >> my own E6 anymore, especially the 11x14 Ektachrome. >> >> Don't bother with the fancy developers, you'll only drive your self crazy. > Jim, > > I really appreciate your recipe, your stamina, and your spirit. > > Until 1976 - when I divorced my first wife and sold the whole kit - I had > a complete wet chemistry darkroom where I successfully developed and > printed BW according to Ansel Adams's oral and printed instructions. > > During the subsequent 25 years or so I was too busy - and usually too > tired - to process film. Now every drain has a warning sign not to poison > the waters that ultimately flow into the Pacific Ocean. > > I infer from your reference to MUNI that you live in or near the City. How > about meeting for a walkabout? > > Best regards, > > Oliver (1928). > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >