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Subject: [Leica] Long time, no ocean!
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sun Jun 29 04:14:51 2008
References: <260414.40214.qm@web55906.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

I like these:

Bulldog, two young men sitting together in an empty set of bleachers
and
Brid, four young women together, but seemingly ignoring each other,

Jim


H. Ball Arche wrote:

> As Phil said, I've been checking up on the archives once a day or so. 
> Without the time to read everything, I feel I shouldn't be throwing in my 
> two cents worth, although I admit that a couple of times in the last six 
> months I've made some individual replies off-list.
> 
> I was about to jump in on the Neopan 1600/Xtol thread because in 3 years 
> of using it, I still haven't developed a regimen that works really well 
> for me, even though I've tried several, including Mark's and Eric 
> Merrill's. I think I'm zeroing in on it though, and currently my recipe 
> is: 
> 
> Xtol 1:3 at 70* for 14.5 minutes - 
> 30s. initial agitation, then 4 inversions at 60s. for the first three one 
> minute intervals (13, 12, 11 mins.) then 4 inversions at 90s for two 
> intervals (9.5, 7 mins) then 4 inversions at 2 minute intervals (5, 3 
> mins) and a final 3 minute stand. Neopan 1600 seems to be more sensitive 
> to variations in agitation than any other film I've used.
> 
> Sorry, but I've only been using that recipe for the last three weeks and 
> although the initial scans look good, I haven't posted any yet as I have 
> only just now put together the May set:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/5sa3pl
> (yeah, I've been freeloading gallery space all this time)
> 
> Jim, thanks for missing us.
> 
> 
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