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Subject: [Leica] someone want to sell me a developing tank & 120 reels?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:47:11 -0500 (CDT)
References: <C88FC16A.1E31%mark@rabinergroup.com>

If you tilt the tank while you pour the water in, it goes in fast as  
the air has a way to get out.


On Aug 17, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Even tanks which come with metal lids the first thing you want to  
> do is
> replace them with rubber ones. Yes the little tiny cap at the very  
> top but
> also in most cases the entire cap. Use a black rubber one. They are  
> sold
> individually. Obviously it is possible to get one every once in a  
> while
> which may not work on your tank if your tank has a fluted top end.  
> But most
> the times they will. And most tanks are straight.
> Part of the reason is tight no leaking fit. But the main reason is  
> a rubber
> tanks makes for liquid pouring through must faster than the metal  
> ones.
> With a metal tanks its not all that advised to try to pour a  liter  
> of water
> though. It takes a full minute or more. A rubber top it takes 20  
> seconds. A
> nice amount of time. If all you have is a metal tank in the dark  
> fill the
> tank then lower the reels in. a pain in the b.
>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
>> From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:58:27 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] someone want to sell me a developing tank &  
>> 120 reels?
>>
>> There's always a digital back for the Hassy...
>>
>> I think I got a metal Nikon cap but it was cracked and my efforts to
>> seal it only led to more leaks. I think I threw it away.
>>
>> Phil Forrest
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:51:32 -0400
>> Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Richard sed:
>>>
>>>> No, bring him back to the fold! Soon he will be using his M6 again
>>>> too
>>>> :-)!!!
>>>>
>>>> Kyle, I am wondering though, while I love your iLeica photos, how
>>>> much time do you spend post processing? Is it really any shorter
>>>> than, heck, shooting the Hassy and scan? I know the resulting  
>>>> images
>>>> look very different, I am just asking in terms of time-spent.
>>>
>>> ah the iLeica -- it's a bit cumbersome because you have to open each
>>> app, then process, then save, then open in another. So it's actually
>>> possible that I might spend two minutes on one shot with  
>>> manipulating
>>> and adding a watermark. Probably the minimum time is 60 seconds.  
>>> I've
>>> spent 15 minutes on one before probably, so it varies.
>>>
>>> the difference between that and shooting with the Leicablad is  
>>> that I
>>> can do my iLeica post-processing on the bus and in line at the
>>> supermarket....
>>>
>>> kc
>>>
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