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Subject: [Leica] A Glimmer of Hope for Film Users
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:22:16 -0500
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Never encountered it with the SX-70.

Did encounter uneven distribution with 4x5, 8x10 and pack size  
Polaroids;
generally meant bad (out dated or poorly stored) chemical packs
or rollers in need of cleaning.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> I also have an SX-70 in the closet.  As I recall, it suffered from  
> uneven distribution of the developer with the last couple of film  
> packs that I used.  Did you ever encounter that?  The result was  
> flawed areas in the images.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser"  
> <imagist3 at mac.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A Glimmer of Hope for Film Users
>
>
>> Nice to here - glad I kept my SX-70
>>
>> Now if only they'd get us some fresh PN film for our 5x5's
>> we'd be in heaven.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:56 AM, durling at cox.net wrote:
>>
>>> I'm afraid this is not Leica related, but it gives me hope for  
>>> the future
>>> of film to know that somebody has resurrected an extinct film   
>>> format and
>>> plans to continue production.  The Impossible Project has come  
>>> up  with new
>>> film for Polaroid SX-70 cameras...
>>>
>>> http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=873885
>>>
>>> Mike Durling
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