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Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW#6: Candlelight
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Tue Feb 8 07:22:55 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050207110506.054bfe78@mail-aj.acpub.duke.edu> <5.1.0.14.0.20050207110506.054bfe78@mail-aj.acpub.duke.edu> <5.1.0.14.0.20050207115401.02e1cf50@mail-aj.acpub.duke.edu> <Pine.SOL.4.58-L.0502080851050.10505@hedvig.uio.no>

With Tri-X and HC-110(B), I would start at 4.5 minutes @ 68F. I gently
agitate for the first 30 sec, and the one inversion every minute. Give's 
a slightly
flatish neg that is good for scanning, so I don't think there should be 
any fear of
HC110 kicking in too hard at 4.5 minutes.

Daniel Ridings wrote:

>On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Aaron Sandler wrote:
>
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>>Daniel...it should be obvious that pulling out an M2 is the best way to end
>>up with candlelight and a pretty woman!  ;)
>>    
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>You're waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy ahead of me :) (I hear Hasselblads work well
>too)
>
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>>I think the HC110 time I posted is actually from Kodak's specs...I admit
>>I'm not a big tester...
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>
>No, neither am I. But with the new Tri-X Kodak is publishing something
>like 3 3/4 minutes at 68F. That just can't be right. But at the same time
>I've been afraid to start out higher with something I care about because
>HC110 really kicks in and 5-6 minutes is a big difference from 3 3/4. I
>haven't had anything to run through that I was willing to scrap if it was
>way off.
>
>Now for that Rolleicord ... same wife, nice window lighting and the
>aperture around 5.6, get as close as you can and focus carefully. Nice
>creamy portraits. She'll keep smiling at you every time you pick up the
>camera :-)
>
>Best,
>Daniel
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In reply to: Message from aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler) ([Leica] Aaron's PAW#6: Candlelight)
Message from aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler) ([Leica] Aaron's PAW#6: Candlelight)
Message from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Aaron's PAW#6: Candlelight)