Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, Rolfe, we're talking mythology here - actually we're talking Holy Writ as the first word of this came from....The Erwin. Why inject practical considerations and facts into the discussion. Or the suggestion that one wait to drool until one has actually seen results produced with this developer? ;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rolfe Tessem Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:51 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] AM50 mail reply Frank Filippone wrote: > > Nathan... I thank you for the offer to do the translation.... This will be > invaluable when the developer is available to actually use in the US.. but > for ritght now, all we can do is drool. Could you take a quick look at the > WEB page and see if perchance they give us any info on the type of developer > and any similarities between AM50 and Kodak or Ansco developers that are > more traditional. Frank, Just what is it about this developer that is supposed to be so wonderful? From the published literature I've read, it would seem that Xtol is the only truly significant advance in the last 30 years in that it gives fine GRAIN, high SPEED, and high ACCUANCE all at the same time. With every other developer I've read about or used personally, it would seem that you gain advantages in GRAIN/SPEED/ACCUANCE only at the expense of one or both of the other factors. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, NY 10014 - -- 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