Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] Horror Stories
From: Afterswift@aol.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 07:23:52 EDT

In a message dated 10/18/00 12:04:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes:

<< Not to mention hives from metol sensitivity, suffocation, the place burning
 down because the plumbing interacted with the wiring, selenium poisoning,
 newton rings, and ABOVE ALL the fact that you finally managed to get all the
 burning dodging and bleaching right on one print doesn't guarantee for a
 moment you'll get it right on the next... and even when you meticulously
 annotate all your moves, you still can't replicate the damn thing. >>
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Playing a CD of a Beethoven symphony is one thing. Actually conducting it is 
another. When you do real darkroom work you're conducting, not playing.

If you keep your darkroom clean from the getgo, your chemicals fresh and have 
efficient ventilation and keep a log of each important print, you will get 
consistent results. You enlarger should be sturdy, pack a first rate lens and 
linked to an excellent timer. Conduct! 

br