Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:43:16 -0700
References: <a3f189161003292027h726247a2va4febc52263d693@mail.gmail.com> <C7D6F2FF.60503%mark@rabinergroup.com> <19b6d42d1003292157r120f4b0cvdcfe47b2eb499fb9@mail.gmail.com>
 
At 12:57 AM -0400 3/30/10, Vince Passaro wrote:
>Rabs:
>Consider the amateur. The acolyte. Consider apartment life. Full time
>teaching. Plus writing. Plus child. No time. No money.
>
>Yeah, ideal world and some day and all i want a. to learn how to do it, and
>get better at it; and b. to have a darkroom to do it iin.


You don't need a darkroom to develop Tri-S. You need a sink and about 
$25 of equipment and chemicals at today's prices. Plus a will to do 
it and about 1hr to do it the first time, and 1/2hr later on. Plus a 
scanner to get it into your computer.

C41 film is easier to scan.

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