Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Efke film is no curlier than other films as far as I can tell. It does have a pink color after processing. I tried the trick people have recommended for Tmax of leaving it on the light box for a few hours to get rid of the pink. It works! Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Efke KB25 I'm pretty sure I got my stuff in the 70's from Freestyle, but haven't heard that name in decades. The only negative memories I had about the Adox was that it was incredibly curly (hard to get onto a stainless steel reed), and the film base was incredibly purple. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Robert > Marvin > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:48 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: Efke KB25 > > > > -- > Jeffrey L. Smith wrote (Re:KB 25): > > Is that the old Adox KB14 only in a faster emulsion? > > Yes it is--beautiful stuff, but not really any faster. Efke > recommends an e.i. of 25 (equiv. to 14º DIN) in their own developers, > but 50 in ID11/D76. I always use the D76 time plus 20% for D23 and > found I liked the results from rating it @ 1/3rd stop faster. YMMV. > > Bob Marvin > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html