Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle: That's a great idea for the developer (I even do it sometimes), but it works best when you are only a couple of degrees off, because it's not practical to chill all of the solutions. If you have too much of a shock between developer and stop bath, it can cause problems. Where room temperature and "cold" water temp are about equal and well above spec, the easiest way to avoid trouble is to switch to a developer that doesn't really care about the temperature. One is Diafine, which doesn't care much as long as it's above 70 and below 85. Speaking of standards, I suspect that 68 degrees is the standard because it's the temperature of ground water in Rochester New York for 3/4 of the year... Cheers - ------------ Dante Stella On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > If the water in chicago (or wherever) is too hot for your d:76 or whatever, > do what I do, drop an ice cube or two in it. You can also freeze a ziplock > bag full of water and let it sit in your chemicals until they reach the > proper tempterature if you're afraid of dilluting them. Leicaslackers are > not afraid to dillute their chemicals with an icecube or two, but some > people around here actually seem to care about their results, so do what you > may. > > Kc > -- > 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