Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information