Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don for the advise. I'm not sure I'll follow "film dryer" route any time soon - just a bit tight on space, but will certainly consider photo-flo thing... Will have ask around in photo shops whether they keep such in stock... Don Dory wrote: > Alex, > Addressing the dirt and water streak issues. First, dilute some > photo-flo > at no more than label directions with distilled water and hang at an > angle > so that the water goes to the edge of the roll and then down and you will > remove almost all spotting/water spot issues. Second, make or buy a film > dryer so that one, dirt is almost completely eliminate and second, > your film > is dry in minutes instead of the next day. You can make a film dryer > out of > some schedule 40 PVC, a hair dryer, some HEPA filters for a vacuum and a > small bit of very stiff wire or wide mesh screen to hold the reels inside > the dryer. > > In the LUG archives there is a tremendous amount of information regarding > processing B&W film. Also, questions to us will provide some extremely > knowledgeable folks to answer. > > Thanks for showing the images and keep pushing the shutter release. > > On 6/21/07, Alex <alex@zabrovsky.com> wrote: > >> >> Well, making a leap into a real B&W - first in my life, with manual >> processing at home. >> So far did two Tri-X 400 rolls (both in HC-110, dill. B for 6.5 minutes >> at 20 deg.C). Still have lots to learn, but so far appears to be not so >> bad... >> Please check my galleries: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/alexz/All-around+local/ - last three >> images >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/alexz/portraits+and+people/ - last 6 >> images >> >> P.S. no major retouch has been done to save some time, so there is some >> dirt and water residue appear - still have to learn how to cope with >> these annoying issues.... >> >> Sincerely, Alex >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >