Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And I was just going to give Xtol a shot ... D76 has changed packaging here ... not that it matter (3.8 liters instead of 5), but I've been considering Xtol for quite some time now for environmental reasons if nothing else. Hope you guys keep us posted on how this goes. Daniel On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, daniel wrote: > I experienced a similar/same problem with tri-x. very weird splotches, that > had a chemical look to them. most visible when looking at the film at an > angle rather than looking straight thru. after the third time it happened i > fixed the film for 10min after they cam out the wash splotchy seemed to work > at getting rid of them.. A friend of mine uses the beutler formula and had > the same thing happen to him with tri-x. i don't have this problem with > hp5,neopan 1600 or acros.-daniel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:42 AM > Subject: [Leica] Tri-X/Xtol problems - an FYI > > > > When the negs came back from my last shoot came back I noticed that some > had > > a greenish cast, and some were downright splochy. When I mentioned this > > today to the guy who does my processing, he said that they've been having > > that occur sporadically over the past three weeks or so when processing > > Tri-X in Xtol. Said he's trying to get an explanation out of Kodak, and > > meanwhile has switched to D-76 for Tri-X. > > > > B. D. Colen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:48 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW wk 41/sl > > > > > > > > Steve LeHuray wk 41/sl > > > http://www.streetphoto.net/paw2002/paw2wk41.html<<< > > > > > > Hi Steve, > > Nice timing moment, eyes and expression. And even though the gal behind > her > > is looking at you she's enough out of focus not to be a major distraction. > > Minor? ;-) > > > > And I know how you don't like to crop anything out, but old buddy, > cropping > > that gal at back off increases the photo impact and your main subjects > > expression immeasurably. ;-) Just a thought. :-) > > > > ted > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html