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Subject: [Leica] Wendy's Developing proceedures.....
From: thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:41:50 +0500
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I used too much Photo-flo on round one.  "A few drops" is what I'll go with
going forward.  The stop is cheap enough that I can go with bottled water on
that as well.  Back in the day, I wouldn't squeegee negs- just used the two
fingers approach.  I rinsed the reels in the can in running water; it would
probably be better to rinse the reels free of the can.

I got some really good images these last two days with the M6/Tri-X
combination- portraits of Afghan farmers, interesting landscapes, a citadel
that Alexander the Great built, and a hopeful grab of an AN-12 four engine
Russian turboprop landing 30 meters away from my vantage point.  I can't
blow these images so I will take every tip to heart and wait for the Hewes
reels before I run them.

Wendy

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> I do with Paterson and Samigon reels. They are pretty tough. I don't with
> Durst though. They are the fragile, clear plastic.
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Feb 28, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Mark Pope wrote:
>
> > I used to put my (plastic) Paterson reels in the dishwasher from time to
> time.  Worked a treat - they came out like new.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Pope,
> > Swindon, Wilts
> > UK
> >
> > Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
> > Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
> > Picture a week (2010)
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
> > Picture a week (2009)
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
> >               (2008)
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
> >
> >
> > Jefffery Smith wrote:
> >> Wendy,
> >> Many people on this forum use a tiny amount of Photo-flo in their final
> water rinse, the idea being that they don't want to leave any residue. I
> think many put the tip of a finger into the bottle and stick it in the 
> final
> rinse, just enough to break the surface tension of the water. That has 
> never
> worked for me, so I use exactly the amount that Kodak recommends, in
> distilled water. I'm sure that it leaves more residue on the reels, but SS
> reels don't depend on the film sliding in a groove, and stainless steel
> reels can be cleaned using pretty strong chemicals to remove residue should
> it become a problem.
> >> My problem is dust as my house was built in about 1850. It is a problem
> even in one of those hanging clear plastic film dryers. I may eventually 
> buy
> an inexpensive lab incubator and just dry the film on the reels.
> >> Jeffery
> >> On Feb 28, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote:
> >>> Frank-
> >>>
> >>> Main problem is the reels.  I've processed a lot of 135, 120, and
> >>> sheet film but it has been years since I've done it.  I've ordered the
> >>> Hewes reels and that should go a long way to improving the process.
> >>>
> >>> I've got a two-reel Tundra SS tank.  Temp is right at 70F, D76 for 7
> >>> min 15 sec, Ilford Stop for 30 sec, Kodak Fix for 10 min, then a 30
> >>> min wash followed by a few sloshes in a Photo-flo solution.  Developer
> >>> and fixer are mixed with bottled water, stop from the tap.  (The water
> >>> here is filthy, but it's bacterially filthy.)  Omega Seamaster watch
> >>> for a timer :)  Proper timer on the way.  The issues other than the
> >>> reels were spotting on the negatives and some water streaking after
> >>> drying.  Any tips certainly appreciated; I'm apparently re-learning
> >>> what I thought I already knew.
> >>>
> >>> Wendy
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