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Subject: [Leica] Just ventured into B&W with manual processing (first in my life) - please check the outcome
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Thu Jun 21 09:09:18 2007
References: <467A360A.9080302@zabrovsky.com> <9b678e0706210605w7c850f2fr778a53d10f9d8e09@mail.gmail.com> <467A9010.1010800@zabrovsky.com>

Better yet, just use distilled water in a squirt bottle.  I hang the film 
then squirt distilled water down both sides and catch the drippings in a 
pan on the floor.  Works like a charm.
Chris

At 10:49 AM 6/21/2007, you wrote:
>Thanks Don for the advise. I'm not sure I'll follow "film dryer" route any 
>time soon - just  a bit tight on space, but will certainly consider 
>photo-flo thing...
>Will have ask around in photo shops whether they keep such in stock...
>
>Don Dory wrote:
>
>>Alex,
>>Addressing the dirt and water streak issues.  First, dilute some photo-flo
>>at no more than label directions with distilled water and hang at an angle
>>so that the water goes to the edge of the roll and then down and you will
>>remove almost all spotting/water spot issues.  Second, make or buy a film
>>dryer so that one, dirt is almost completely eliminate and second, your 
>>film
>>is dry in minutes instead of the next day.  You can make a film dryer out 
>>of
>>some schedule 40 PVC, a hair dryer, some HEPA filters for a vacuum and a
>>small bit of very stiff wire or wide mesh screen to hold the reels inside
>>the dryer.
>>
>>In the LUG archives there is a tremendous amount of information regarding
>>processing B&W film.  Also, questions to us will provide some extremely
>>knowledgeable folks to answer.
>>
>>Thanks for showing the images and keep pushing the shutter release.
>>
>>On 6/21/07, Alex <alex@zabrovsky.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Well, making a leap into a real B&W - first in my life, with manual
>>>processing at home.
>>>So far did two Tri-X 400 rolls (both in HC-110, dill. B for 6.5 minutes
>>>at 20 deg.C). Still have lots to learn, but so far appears to be not so
>>>bad...
>>>Please check my galleries:
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/alexz/All-around+local/ - last three
>>>images
>>>
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/alexz/portraits+and+people/ - last 6
>>>images
>>>
>>>P.S. no major retouch has been done to save some time, so there is some
>>>dirt and water residue appear - still have to learn how to cope with
>>>these annoying issues....
>>>
>>>Sincerely, Alex
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
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Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist
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New York Presbyterian Hospital
chs2018@med.cornell.edu
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