Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doing your own is so easy. Then you can scan and do hybrid workflow from there. With 6x9, a good flatbed would suffice for most cases. Check out 2 bath pyrocat, I have a couple blog posts on it. The nice thing is you can develop without worrying about the time too much and de velop multi rolls from different film at the same time On Jan 8, 2012 11:02 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I stopped developing my own film when I moved from Switzerland to the > Netherlands in 2003; in our Dutch house, there just was no good space for > it, and I had a good lab in Amsterdam. Since moving to Spain in 2007, I > have been using a lab in Barcelona by mail--they do good work, but it is > not cheap, and there is waiting time involved. So, during my recent visit > with Jim Shulman, he convinced me that doing my own development is the way > to go, even for a low-volume person like me. I bought the chemicals and a > developing tank with two spools from Foto Mayr in Germany, and today I had > the pleasure of developing my first roll in 9 years--a roll of Fuji Acros > 6x9 (Texas Leica), all 8 images appear nicely exposed and correctly > developed. > > Thanks for the inspiration, Jim! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >