Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ya know, if you shoot 4x5 with a lovely new Schneider or Rodenstock APO (my pref, but hey) lens -- lenses whose MTFs are as good as if not better than Leica -- you can probably develop in raw sewage and have terrific results. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rodgers, David Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:06 AM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Quality versus Medium Format Mark >>I think you can develop 4x5 sheet film in pee pee and print in on toilet paper and it's still going to look better than anything you're going to get with a 35mm piece of film no matter WHAT you do it!<< My pitch black room which I use to load and unload sheet film in plates (versus my darkroom which has things like glow tape and glow dials on all my gralab timers) is a somewhat hidden and rarely used bathroom 4 floors underground in the basement of a 16 story high rise. The small bathroom is light tight, tile lined, dust free, and ideal for the task. When loading film one morning after gulping down too many cups from Starbucks I attempted to multitask. Quite by accident I executed just what you describe; the development part anyway. Sorry to say, it doesn't work. Dave