Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. The lore from 20 years ago had it that Acufine would push Tri-X to 1200 ASA (not ISO back then!) and that Diafine would do about 2400. I never tried them myself. Maybe somebody else around here has. Might be fun to compare with modern soups. Mike D - -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 2:37 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] deserve to be green >So refresh my memory - which did I use for push processing - acufine or >diafine? > >B. D(amn! My memory's really going south fast!) Colen >(With apologies to Bob "Always coming up with something clever" McEown) >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark >> Rabiner >> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:55 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] deserve to be green >> >> >> "B. D. Colen" wrote: >> > >> > Eric - I think you're right about UFG - which I had >> completely forgotten >> > about. Didn't the same folks make UFG, Diafine and Acufine? >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of >> > > Eric Welch >> > > Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 3:21 PM >> > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; >> > > 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' >> > > Subject: RE: [Leica] deserve to be green >> > > >> > > >> > > At 07:29 AM 11/22/99 +0000, Jem Kime wrote: >> > > >Dev. in UFG (whatever that brand is - >> > > >ultra fine grain?) for 3-5 mins at 68 F. >> > > >> > > Same company that makes Accufine, I believe. If I'm not >> > > mistaken, that's >> > > the developer that you don't have to worry about time or >> > > temperature, no? >> > > If I ever go back to printing black and white I'll have to >> > > give that a try. >> > > >> > > Eric Welch >> > > Carlsbad, CA >> > > >> > http://www.neteze.com/ewelch >> > >> > Nostalgia: The good old days multiplied by a bad memory. >> >> Your memory is doing mighty fine! >> Acufine you have to be just as careful as anything else. >> Diafine is the developer in which time and temperature >> considerations are much >> less because it is a two bath. >> >> Mark Rabiner >> Fine. >> > >