Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] DIY E-6 processing?
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 22:13 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)

Robert Stevens wrote:

> Do it on a Jobo if you can, otherwise, you need a tempering bath.  I 
> have
> heard electic frying pans or aquarium heaters suggested for tempering.  

Hey, don't knock it, I did E6 using a camping coolbox heated by an 
aquarium heater for *years*.

> Processing your own E6 is a great idea.  It makes taking lots of 
> pictures
> very cheap.  The duds do not get mounted, but go straight to the waste
> basket.  Pushing film is much better as well.

I used to buy Fuji Pro 100 in 30m rolls and bulk load it. I'd stick white 
labels on but only decide what speed to use it at when I came to use it. I 
used to push it one or two stops according to conditions. It was really 
quite hard to tell the difference between 'proper' 400 and 100 pushed +2.


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