[Leica] OT: lens shutters suck

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

If you go to NYC, I HIGHLY recommend Duggal on 22nd. They processed my
Tri-X excellently with a dip and dunk machine. Much better than my luck
with say, well, the famous local camera shop in Palo Alto :-). Of course I
usually process my own.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> 
wrote:

>
> Thanks for the info, Tina. When I travel to the US, which I do once in a
> while, I buy the film I'm using at the local photo dealer's and always send
> the unexposed film back home either with a worldwide carrier (UPS, Fedex)
> or the official postal system, I've never had any problem so far  - they
> say there's no scan for such items. I've tried - once only - to have my
> films processed locally to avoid the X-ray exposure but the result was so
> terrible I've definitely given it up. I guess I must have knocked at the
> wrong door but my impression is that photo dealers today do not process the
> amount of film that would guarantee a fairly good professional result. The
> chemistry seemed outdated - due to a lack of business in the field of film
> processing? Though this was considered as THE local specialist for the
> "ancient" way of picture taking - he had vintage Leicas for
> sale!Jean-Michel> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:01:47 -0500
> > From: images at comporium.net
> > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: lens shutters suck
> >
> > Some examples here, too, if you scroll down:
> >
> > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Then I started the Kenyan films: I was very excited about these.
> African
> > > panoramas. The first one I printed (after processing all 6 rolls and
> > > contact printing) had strange densities that I had 'tried' to ignore on
> > > the contact sheet, hoping it was the plastic I used to hold hte film
> flat
> > > BUT no. The next shot (almost identical) was also 'scarred'. I
> immediately
> > > blamed my processing: did I agitate enough? BUT the more I looked at
> them
> > > the less I was convinced. This 35mm film is of course in small metal
> > > containers, they were 'bunched' together in the handluggage and there
> is a
> > > potential weak point where the felt stops light, but not X rays, so
> this
> > > could explain why the patterns were somewhat irregular: I really don't
> > > think my processing would have scarred across the film like this: the
> 120
> > > rolls did not have the same pattern, so once again I think the entire
> > > project was ruined by radiation. Helen asked me if I could 'rescue' any
> > > and I said "maybe, if I scanned them and 'patched' them up in PS" but
> in
> > > the end why have film and digitize it when you can use digital capture
> in
> > > the first place.
> > >
> > > So if this is true then you cannot carry film when you travel by air,
> and
> > > this is my major interest in photography. If I cannot use film on my
> > > travels I will soon lose any skills I have.
> > >
> > > I rang a friend last week before come to the USA and he just said: "you
> > > should think about getting one of those new digital camera things". I
> will
> > > enjoy the darkroom workshop, but there is a sword hanging over the
> > > darkroom and the thread holding it is very thin!!
> > >
> > > Perhaps I need to GROW UP ;-)
> > >
> > > That became longer than I expected, but kept me awake!!!
> > >
> > > Alastair
> > >
> > >
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> >
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