Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's amazing what you think you know and how little one REALLY knows. I've been doing darkroom for 30 + years and never knew about his trick of the shower - running the water, etc. I was buying my Zeiss RF ( love it by the way ) and the salesman said - "oh just run the shower" he probably thought that I was another rich doctor buying a neck charm. But darn it - it does work!! ernie nitka md - one of the poor MDs and kinda of prefer it that way. On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > >> On Apr 21, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Jim Shulman wrote: >> First, it is filled with dust spots, even though my basement is >> clean. Any >> thoughts on how to avoid this? I hung the film to dry from a ceiling >> rafter, with clips at top and bottom. > > Late, but I'll have to add to the shower room vote. I too turn on > the shower for a few seconds before I develop the roll just to kill > off any dust there. > > I use a minor splash of Ilfotol wetting agent in water at 1 + 200 > and hang them in the shower cubicle. I do NOT squeegee them or dry > them with my fingers. It seem to work for me provided I do not let > the film curl on itself and hang them up immediately. > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information