Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Sharpo
From: Kip Babington <cbabing3@swbell.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:39:57 -0600

Gary Elshaw wrote:
> 
> Alex wrote:
> 
> >(BTW, If you drop film and distort the latent image, just presoak in a 1:1
> >solution of Sharpo Focussing Powder)
> 
> Having been born extremely recently, I too would like to endorse 'Sharpo'.
> I think it has had some quality issues recently, which, suffice to say, has
> led me to experiment with this type of pictorial latency. I find it is now
> far easier to merely approximate how far the canister fell, and then drop
> the canister on its other end, thereby approximately rectifying the image.
> I can then dilute the 'Sharpo' at a 1:25 solution, which is also better for
> the environment.

At the risk of offending the purists, I'm wondering if Sharpo might have
any additional applications for those who take a good single malt scotch
with them into the darkroom for a long evening's printing?

Cheers,
Kip