Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com>wrote: >People and dogs, ever fascinating ..... you picked up some really >great relationships, like hair and wrinkles, fun stuff And: >Alan - fine photos, beautiful tones ======================================================================================== Thanks for taking time to look and comment. Those travel pictures were processed years ago, but I did the dog show film this week, and am I glad I learned to develop by inspection. I mixed some excess UFG last fall so it didn't go to waste, and used it once or twice, but it must have lost strength since then. After the recommended five minutes, I looked at the film under the green safelight (I use a foot switch to minimize the time it's on) and saw only very weak images, so I put the reel back in the tank and gave it another seven minutes. By then there was a reasonable amount of density, so I rinsed and fixed the film. The negatives were still a bit thin, but they scanned very well, so it worked out fine. I used to experiment with all kinds of combinations of films/developers so that I never relied on time/temp charts; I just pulled the film out when it looked right. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/