Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 7/15/2010 6:59 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> It's not bad. If you use BTZS (Beyond the Zone System) developing tubes >> you just use, say 11x14 trays to hold the tubes. Then you can contact >> print the negs. Maybe get a rotary phone for the darkroom in case >> anyone calls from 1930. >> >> Ken (been there, but no phone calls - that I remember. Fumes from some >> of that stuff are wicked.) >> > > Those tubes though came out in the 80's!?!? > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > They have been around for a while. I was thinking more of contact printing re the 30's. With a bare light bulb wrapped with Kleenex. And Amidol and black fingernails. I have a good friend here who only contact prints, but it is with a Nuarc burner or a special UV unit and feedback timer etc. for pt/pd. Here is how I used the tubes. http://stores.ebay.com/The-View-Camera-Store/How-to-Use-the-BTZS-Film-Tubes.html Ken (been there, I'll take digital, thx)