How about that... now there are two pdml'ers who started developing their own film after many years!!!
It's sorta exciting for the first time after a long time, isn't it? Gabe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:11 AM Subject: Gettiong Back to Basics > Had the chance tonight, for the first time in about five years, to do a couple > of things I haven't done for ages. > First, I developed a film! Yes, I know, you guys do it all the time, but for > family reasons, I've most recently shot mainly colour neg, and this would be > the first B&W I've done in all that time. HP5, rated at 800 ASA, in ID11 at > 24C for 6 minutes (when the ambient temperature is 32C, ya gotta make some > compromises!). The negs look really good, plenty of tonal range, I'll be very > keen to scan them in tomorrow and see how the sharpness, etc looks. Might even > do some wet darkroom work on them! > > Next, while the film was washing and drying,I took myself on to our deck, sat, > drank coffee and Armagnac, watched the city lights and listened to some 1950's > jazz (Chris Barbers' Jazz Band, for those who know it). Way cool! and I > noticed a couple of 20 somethings in the apartment above were sitting out > listening for the whole two hours of the CD too! May be able to educate them > yet! > > Pure heaven! > > John Coyle > (and yes, my wife is away helping to look after our twin grand-daughters, so I > can be totally self-indulgent!) > Brisbane, Australia > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
