Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I can?t recommend nobody in UK, the only thing I can tell you is that Harman had a production problem from 2018 to 2020, some films has been spoiled, a friend of mine has investigated and there are many references in Photrio, Ilford has recognized the issue but the only action is that they give you a new free film. Please take a look to the dates of production, maybe you can protest to Ilford. Good luck! Best! Lluis > El 23 jul 2024, a les 22:24, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va > escriure: > > All, > > as I said in my last post I sent some rolls of HP5 and XP2 for Harman for > processing. Not for the first time they came back at least partly spoilt > with marks, grain and looking like they hadn't been well-developed. > > Has anyone on the LUG had similar experiences with them? Or do you have > thoughts about developing in general. > > I am very happy to put a good bit down to me not having used either the M3 > or the IIIf for a while, but they are in good condition, both have been > CLA'd by Malcolm Taylor. I am also happy to admit that the film wasn't the > freshest, nonetheless... > > I am looking at alternative local developers, but, as in the US, good ones > are few and far between. I am currently investigating these guys > (https://www.the-darkroom.co.uk/) in Cheltenham. Charlie, do you use them? > > If anyone in the UK has recommendations I'd be happy to hear about their > experiences. > > Comments and advice, please. > > Peter > > PS I don't want to set up my own darkroom > -- > > Dr. Peter Dzwig > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information