Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/13
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Yee-haw Alan!
Now if someone would only reiterate that fact that plastic tanks and reels
require half as much again in volume of chemistry. If you're using a
one-shot, as in D-76 1:1 or Xtol 1:3, plastic can run up your bill and mix
rate considerably.
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu> wrote:
> From: Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] AP or Jobo or Paterson or...
> To: "lug" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 9:02 PM
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 Mark Pope
> <mark@whitedogs.co.uk>replied to Nuno Miguel dos
> Santos Baeta:
>
> >I'm sure the Hewes spirals are very good, but
> I've never used them, as I
> >haven't felt the need to change from Paterson.
>
> >I think whatever you choose, be it Paterson, Jobo or
> Hewes, once you get
> >the hang of loading them you'll be fine.
> ==============================================================================
> I learned to use stainless steel reels early on, and
> it's good thing I did. In the age of film at work I
> used to
> have to develop direct positive B&W reversal film. I
> would load two rolls of film on each reel, back to back,
> and process ten reels (20 rolls) at a time in one gallon
> clear glass tanks, for 40 minutes in the dark.
> Don't miss doing that bulk processing, but I still like
> metal reels.
>
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
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