It maybe penny-wise to "invest" in a 35mm roll to do "leader" tests before you put a whole 120 in the soup? --- BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > DEAR JANET, > Before you shoot any film, put the lens on the body but > remove the magazine > from the back of the camera. Point the camera at a bright > light, like the > window if you are inside your house, or the sky if you are > outside. Fire > the shutter at the speeds that you normally work. You should > see the > shutter open and close. If it does NOT show some light, there > is no need to > shoot film...it needs repair. Do you have any other lenses > that you can > test for comparison? By the way, which 'Blad do you have? > 500C, 500CM, > later model? > CHEERS! > BOB > > Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/ > > "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you > are going to > live forever". Mahatma Gandhi > > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Janet > Cull > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:05 PM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] short developing times > > Thank you for all your replies. I will definitely look into > the > Covington Innovations. I also intend to reshoot the Hassy in > the > same conditions as before, being very careful with metering, > and see > what I get. I've never had a problem with the shutter before, > but > maybe that's the problem. I'll let you all know what I get. > Again, > thank you! > > Janet > ============================================================================ > ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when > you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password > you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.