Beat you to the film developing part, I just hung up a roll of agfa apx 400 to dry now, now to make a contact sheet and se what it looks like.
--- David Chang-Sang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep... > it's quiet.. :) > > My weekend's been sucked up with computer > upgrades/moves for my family - Mom > and Dad get a "new" PII 350 while I get the headache > of transferring all the > hard drive and other equipment out of the old > Pentium 200mhz and into the > "new" box - They also get my flatbed scanner > (Microtek Xe6l) and SCSI cd-rw > (Yamaha 6416). > > However > > That all got done yesterday :) > So today - it's actually turning out to be quite > beautiful in Toronto - it's > "my" day. My first shot at developing my own B&W > film after some 22 years > should be rather interesting - I've done a run > through in the dark using an > old exposed roll - now to mix the chemicals (let's > see.... I add water to > acid right ? *smirk*) - While floating around on > http://www.usefilm.com I > was told that I'm attempting a very "tough" film to > develop (Tmax - 100 asa) > and that I should have all the chemicals within a > degree of each other - > I'm going to follow Aaron's cheat sheet instead :) > > I love long weekends... you folks in the U.S. get > one next weekend and I > wish I had one every weekend :) > > > Cheers, > Dave > > P.S. Frank - The gorillas in B&W would be cool > though :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > frank theriault > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Victoria Day > > > Hi, All, > > As someone said, boy it's been quiet here over the > last coupla days. > What's up with that? It's Victoria Day weekend here > in Canada (except > Quebec); is it a holiday weekend elsewhere? Ah > yes, yet another > remnant of our glorious Colonial past; despite the > fact that we've been > "independant" for over 130 years, we still celebrate > Queen Victoria's > birthday. > > It's more often called "May Two Four" - ostnensibly > because Her > Highness' birthday is actually on the 24th - but in > reality because it's > traditionally the first weekend of summer, and > everyone buys a "two > four" (ei, a pack of 24 beer) and gets out of town > to party (or stays in > town to party). Unfortunately for us here in > Southern Ontario, we are > in the midst of the coldest May Two-Four in 50 > years. High of about 10 > today, low of maybe 0 (average high should be 18), > and a chance of rain > Ick.. > > I have access to my children this weekend, and we > are about to head off > to the Metro Toronto Zoo for the day, picnic lunch > and all. It's a > wonderful zoo, and although I do have problems with > animals in cages, > this zoo is fairly modern and most large animals are > in large > enclosures, and roam around a fair bit. > > Although I usually shoot b&w, I think the zoo > screams for colour, so I > went out and bought an el-cheapo 3 pack of Kodacolor > Gold 200 to load in > the MX. This should give the Sigma 3.5 50-200 APO > zoom a good work out. > > Oh yeah, it's a Victoria Day tradition to set off > fireworks. I always > buy some cheap ones at the corner store, and the > kids and I set them off > after dark. Might bring along a camera, and see > what I can do, but I'm > not expecting much. > > What else is anyone else doing this weekend? Sorry > to go on about > Canada and Victoria Day and all, but hey, it's been > deadly quiet here, > so I thought I'd ramble. > > ciaou, > frank > - > 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 . > ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca - 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 .
