Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After decades of using film hangers in square tanks or sheets in trays; those tubes look like a real PITA Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information