:-).. see your point, Mark, that's why I am also in alternative photography (like gum printing, cyanotype, Ziatype etc..) but as far as I am printing silver gelatine I rather contemplate during printing, not mixing chemistry (actually I mix my chemistry for SG at my work, but for alt. work I mix (partly) at home hence the Ohaus..) Best, Cor > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sauerwald Mark > Sent: dinsdag 1 november 2005 15:10 > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Triple Beam Balance > > > > Seems like a philosophical issue to me. If I were > concerned with getting fast results, I wouldn't be > spending time in a traditional darkroom :) > > Cor - I don't think that there is a trick, but one of > the things that I enjoy about traditional photography > is the contemplative nature of the art. I do have to > admit however that my wife (who is a fiber artist) has > a fancy digital balance in her studio which I > sometimes use for mixing my chemicals - it is fast, > but it seems so much less organic than the triple > beam. > > Mark > > > --- "Breukel, C. (HKG)" <C.Breukel@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > A couple of other tips: > > > Invest in a good quality scale (you can often get > > > triple beam balances for cheap at police auctions) > > > > > Hi, > > > > beeing spoiled at work with digital balances with > > "Tara" knobs and fast response measuring, I find > > working a Ohaus triple beam balance at home a > > "little" annoying, it takes a long time before the > > arm stops swininging, and gently stopping it with > > swinging isn't really speeding up things. Are there > > other tricks for working a bit less slow with these > > things? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Best, > > > > Cor > > > ============================================================== > ==============================================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. > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > 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. > ============================================================================================================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.