Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]dear lug friends thanks for the suggestions. in the meanwhile i found a very usefull document on the web "London Camera Shops and weekly flea-markets, looking for Exaktas" it is 9 page walk in london with all the second-hand shops you can find it on www.leaderrealestata.com/exakta/londonshop.html ciao andreas Dr Andreas Frijdal Casalmonte 50020 San Polo in Chianti (Fi) Tuscany Italy frijdal@tin.it +39-055-8307318 home frijdal@iue.it +39-055-4685332 work - -----Original Message----- From: Joe Stephenson <joeleica@email.msn.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W processing danger (long) >Wow, quite a scary experience, Mark. I respect photo chemicals and do not >get them on my skin. Use those tongs. Have decent ventilation in the >darkroom. I used to be a woodworker and was casual about dust control. I >became quite allergic to wood dust, and it was years before I could work >with wood. And I have to be very careful. Constant long term exposures can >catch up with you. Where are those rubber (not latex) gloves? >Joe Stephenson >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Newport <newport_m@utpb.edu> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 10:01 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W processing danger (long) > > >> >>>I don't doubt that for a second ;-) My point was rather that I suspect >>>there might be chemicals that float around in the atmosphere of dark- >>>rooms, that are not too good to consume. >>> >>>I'm probably just being over-cautious. I don't know all that much about >>>chemistry, so I tend to be terrified of the stuff ;-) >>> >> >> >>I guess I should say something about darkroom chemistry. I processed film >>and prints for 20 years with absolutely no problems. No gloves, hands in >>the Dektol trays, little splashes, little spills, no big deal. Then after >>an assignment heavy Christmas season at work and lots of January film >>processing at home, it happened. It started as a itchy 1" spot on my >>stomach on Friday Jan. 17th in 1992. The Martin Luther King Holiday was on >>Monday so we were heading to my parents farm in North Central Texas. By >>Saturday afternoon I had passed out in the snow upon returning from the >>doctor's office. About 60% of my body was covered with painful hot, swollen >>patches. By Sunday it was 95% and at 4:30 am Monday morning I was in the >>emergency room at the local hospital. I could not walk, my feet were >>swollen to twice their size and had turned blue/black. I was only able to >>eat crushed ice and breathe I felt like this was going to be it. In the >>emergency room, my body was so swollen that after 15 tries on my arms and >>feet they gave up on starting an I.V.. My doctor finally decided on 1 shot >>of cortizone and 1 shot of antihistamiene (sp) every 4 hours, day and >>night, for the next four days. It was the most terrible suffering I could >>ever imagine. Nurses were coming in from other floors just to get a look >>at me. The condition is called Angio Neurotic Edema a severe and sometimes >>life threating form of the Hives. As I later found out through allergy >>testing, I have apparently exposed myself to enough darkroom chemicals that >>my body finally developed a allergic reaction to some chemical in the >>darkroom. I took many months to feel well again and I still have small >>broken veins and minor flare ups from time to time. And strangly, I have >>now developed serious allergies to other things and for years had to carry >>an Epi-pen injector with me. So for me it is a lab coat, gloves and lots of >>caution when I'm in the darkroom. I was careless and it almost cost me my >>life. >> >>Thanks >> >>Mark >> >>-------- >>R. Mark Newport >>Publications and Special Projects >>University of Texas - Permian Basin >> >> > > > >