Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] V35 height adjustm. & grain focuser
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 09:00:55 -0800

Christer Almqvist wrote:
><Snip> 
> I asked a friend who is a professional photographer with several books
> published and also working for national magazines (Yes, he uses an M6 for
> some of this work.) and in advertising, if I should get a grain focuser.
> His reply was: 'Won't help you, your Delta 100/Xtol negatives have no
> grain.'
> 
Darn hard but just possible to use a not expensive grain focuser on my now
standard Delta 100 in Xtol 1:3 negs. My focuser or my dilution? And this week I
printed some Medium Format Delta 100 done the same way and that grain focuser,
maybe I focused on detail instead of grain but I felt like I got it.
The rental lab has all kinds of grain focusers but the ones which still worked
after repeated fallings to the floor and were cheaper was the one I got.
Someday I'll get this expensive one everyone raves about.
Mark Rabiner