Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/11

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: developing
From: dlevy@worldy.com
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:54:33 -0400

At 10:27  10/10/96 +0000, you wrote:
>don't do developing myself.
>> Brian Levy, J.D.
>> Toronto, Ont.
>> dlevy@worldy.com
>You should do it Mr Levy. If you are interested in quality you need a
>exact exposure to start, followed by a controlled developement. If you
>do this, printing with that Leica look is a lot easier.
>If you give a look at Mary Ellen Mark photos youŽll see what I
>mean.She has managed to marry the zone system with Leica photography.I
>specially remember a essay on NGS printed in duotone, Great
>Photography.

I did darkroom work until my divorce in 1980. My wife got the darkrook and I
got the ... As soon as I left she disposed of it for something like a 6 pack
of Pepsi.

Maybe once I get settled in Toronto, I'll set up a new on. My son got me to
purchase a development tank at a recent camera show. Now, I can justify it.

I use the zone system continually. When I shoot, with the Leica, it is a
little more difficult, but has never been a problem. With the MF, I have
several loads and mark them N-1, N, N+1, N+2. With the Tech Pan, and the
zone system who needs anything more?
I use a SEI photometer for metering, or in the alternative a Weston Ranger
close up.

The developer in Florida kept a log for developing my film based upon
instructions, trial and error. To date I haven't found anyone in Toronto who
wants to touch Tech Pan, so I may do the developing myself.


>What do members of the list think of zone system? I'm a newcomer to
>the list, so excuse me if it is a theme already seen
>Jose Luis Gonzalez
>
>
Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto, Ont.
dlevy@worldy.com