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Subject: [Leica] Another shot from the pyromaniac
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue Mar 21 19:30:31 2006

Yes, but I use gloves, and at the developing dilutions, it's pretty weak.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:00 PM
To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: Re: [Leica] Another shot from the pyromaniac


Aren't Pyro even more toxic or something?

At 06:51 PM 3/21/2006, Jeffery Smith wrote:

>Okay guys, there has to be some reason why people stopped using pyro 
>and went to D76. I find the results with pyro extremely smooth, rich, 
>and fine-grained. This is a shot similar to the one I posted yesterday.
>
>http://www.400tx.com/24.html
>
>This is the first time that I've actually become excited about a 
>developer (that's pretty pathetic if you think about it). I really like 
>the results, the film scans well, the developer lasts for years in 
>partially-filled bottles, it costs about US$.20 a roll for the 
>developer (4ml of solution A and 8ml of solution B), and it works well 
>with Eastern European films that cost about US$1.50 a roll. And it 
>seems to be a very nice film for portraits (smoooooth).
>
>Alright, if I can't get y'all on the bandwagon, I'll just keep nagging 
>you until you convert. If I had Oprah's sofa here, I'd jump all over 
>it. (my apologies to those who don't know about Oprah's sofa).
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com
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