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Subject: [Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:30:14 -0800
References: <1F4A7E73-ADD3-45DC-AC56-E9AF15371BF2@frozenlight.eu>

Congratulations! I learned to load a stainless steel tank by feel 
(Nikor, Nikkor  [?] ) when I was high-school age and never retreated 
to plastic ones.

Herb



>I stopped developing my own film when I moved from Switzerland to
>the Netherlands in 2003; in our Dutch house, there just was no good
>space for it, and I had a good lab in Amsterdam. Since moving to
>Spain in 2007, I have been using a lab in Barcelona by mail--they do
>good work, but it is not cheap, and there is waiting time involved.
>So, during my recent visit with Jim Shulman, he convinced me that
>doing my own development is the way to go, even for a low-volume
>person like me. I bought the chemicals and a developing tank with
>two spools from Foto Mayr in Germany, and today I had the pleasure
>of developing my first roll in 9 years--a roll of Fuji Acros 6x9
>(Texas Leica), all 8 images appear nicely exposed and correctly
>developed.
>
>Thanks for the inspiration, Jim!
>
>Cheers,
>Nathan
>
>Nathan Wajsman
>Alicante, Spain
>http://www.frozenlight.eu
>http://www.greatpix.eu
>http://www.nathanfoto.com
>PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
>
>YNWA
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

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