Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A very creative (and hysterical) method of updating your lenses!!! I am now using a black crayon to write "Noctilux" on a Nikkor 50/2 LTM!!! I can't wait to shoot it in the coal mine! Bob (I'm writing on ALL my lenses!) Keene > >Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 08:05:40 +0100 >From: "Jean-Claude Berger" <jcberger@jcberger.com> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Delta 3200 > >Hi Bob, > >> I was thinking of giving Xtol a try, but this wasn't listed as one of the >> developer options on the film packaging. Has anyone used Xtol with this >> film, or should I just go with good ol' D-76? I am looking for reasonably >> fine grain with good overall tonal gradation, FWIW. > >I use stock dilution (that is no dilution) during 6mn 45s at 21 degrees C. >Agitate during the first minute then 5 s / mn. > > >> The other night on a bit of a whim, I grabbed a couple of rolls of Delta >> 3200 and more or less arbitrarily shot it at 1600 (gotta' do something to >> speed up that 50mm Summicron!) > >I simply masked the letters 'cron' with a good black paint and, with white >paint, carefully wrote 'lux'. That worked very well. After that, I >repainted the >apertures scale too, beginning with 1.4 instead of 2. As I still wanted to have >the f/16 figure (because I like it), I jumped the f/11 mark that I don't >want to >use anyway because it makes me sad when I do (and when I look a picture >taken at >f/11). Then, I could go back to Tri-X in the lighting conditions I was using >Delta 3200 before. For some reason I did not take time to think about, my first >roll lacked of density. So I develop Tri-X longer when I use this lens and >everything is OK again. I wonder if Tom would be interested to buy my idea in >order to make some money..... > >All the best, > >- -- >Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) >Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) >Lyon, France >http://www.jcberger.com