OK Jim, what's the magical mystery agitation method learned in 1952? Or is that a secret? ;>) Jeff > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 14:01:29 -0700> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: > jim@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: developing 120 film - streaks, etc; > > > I started developing 120 B&W in 1952. E3 Ektachrome in 1954-55, on to > > E4, then E6. I've used every conceivable developer from every > pre-packaged > product, to Buetler's and Windish's concoctions, pyro, > catechol, vitamin C, > Rodinal (plus adaptations). All of this in > stainless steel tanks (Nikor, > Kinderman, etc), and I've never had an > uneven development problem. I have > always agitated the same way > (learned in 1952) and a lot of time, I let the > film sit between > agitation cycles for two, three, up to five minutes.> > I > shoot a lot of landscapes, lots of blank sky. Maybe I'm just lucky, > but I > do not get uneven development on roll or sheet film. But yes, I > have gotten > sprocket hole surge marks on 35mm film, but quickly > figured out what the > problem was and fixed it. That was a long time ago...> > Jim> > > At 02:24 PM > 10/4/2007 -0400, Jerry Laderberg wrote:> >A friend had the same problems, > cured them by switching to pyro with > >15 seconds of rolling inversions > every 30 seconds.> > ---> Rollei List> > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org> > - Unsubscribe at > rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field > OR by logging into www.freelists.org> > - Online, searchable archives are > available at> //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list> _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033