Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lens Designs and history- the only take
From: csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 11:11:59 -0400

Lucien wrote:
> 
> Peter Kotsinadelis wrote:
> 
> > Xerox is a great developer but a terrible marketer.
> > Microsoft seems to have it all.
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Microsoft, a great developer ?
> 
> I sometimes wonder how the computer world would be without Bill.
> 'Our world'.
> 
> And the photographic world without Oskar ?
> 
> Lucien

I used to use Microdol diluted 1:1 and 1:3 with Tri-X. I found the negs
very fine-grained but flat with a loss of film speed. Has Microsoft
appropriated this developer from Kodak? Have they improved its user
interface? Is it still in beta or is it just vaporware as usual? :-)
- -- 
Carl Socolow

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