Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Nov 27, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > > I'm very glad to hear that. At least locally, although I recall other > states had problems with chemicals (California, perhaps?), There's nothing > in B&W that is any more dangerous than what's in the chemistry class down > the hall. But I may be senile, when I was in school, we played with > mercury in science class, made silver pennies. that explains it ! > > -----Original Message----- From: Richard Man > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 3:33 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] XP-2 mini labs > > Sorry not being able to catch up with a lot of postings, bt re: B&W > processing inn HS and colleges: our daughters' HS still teaches B&W film > processing and so does the 2nd daughter's college. In fact, she is almost > finishes with first photo course! > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> > wrote: > >> Green century in PDX is in process of recycling tons of labs if anyone >> needs one >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Nov 26, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Chris Crawford < >> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >> > >> > Bill, >> > >> > No model of the Fuji Frontier ever had plumbing hookups. The machines I >> > used were the Fuji SFA series, and they, long before the Frontier >> > machines, also had NO plumbing hookups. Those no-plumbing minicabs > >> > became >> > available nearly 30 years ago. By the time I worked with them, 20 yrs >> ago, >> > they were already the standard in the industry. >> > >> > Pro labs used machines that had real running water wash, but one hour >> labs >> > were using Fuji, Noritsu, Gretag, and Agfa minilabs with no running >> water. >> > >> > -- >> > Chris Crawford >> > Fine Art Photography >> > Fort Wayne, Indiana >> > 260-437-8990 >> > >> > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> > >> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> > Become a fan on Facebook >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On 11/26/15, 5:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Bill Pearce" >> > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf >> > of >> > billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Much of what you write here is just not true. >> >> >> >> First: The no-plumpbing minilabs came out long before digital, and were >> >> not an attempt to ?sell more machines before it was too late.? I know, >> >> >> I >> >> worked in a one-hour lab back then, and we used such machines. Long >> before >> >> digital cameras, long before digital minicabs like the Fuji Frontier. >> >> >> >> But were your Frontiers the ones hooked up with plumbing with a >> >> consistent >> >> flow of fresh washwater? Most were. Minilab machines without plumbing >> >> connections were very late to the market. >> >> >> >> Second: Black and white film developing and darkroom printing have most >> >> certainly NOT been banished from public schools in the USA. I?m a >> >> >> public >> >> school teacher in the largest public school district in Indiana. All >> five >> >> of our academic high schools have photography classes using black and >> >> white film where students develop film by hand and make prints in the >> >> darkroom, by hand. The classes are quite popular, too. We also teach >> >> digital photo/Photoshop/digital printing as well. >> >> >> >> Where I live in Brownbackistan, public schools are generally out of the >> >> wet >> >> darkroom business, unless some have been reintroduced recently. >> >> >> >> Processing machinery went ?to the bottom of the landfill? because >> >> >> people >> >> stopped shooting film and started shooting digital. This had nothing to >> do >> >> with fear of chemicals. >> >> >> >> never meant to say it did, just that it was the final na >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information