When all is said and done,you'v finished developing the roll,when you hang it to dry,do you run one of those sqegee tongs over it or do you just let it drip dry.
Dave ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: Brendan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:37:09 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Victoria Day - Film Developing :) 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 . ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - 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 .
