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Hi,
funny I was at Process Supplies in London yesterday, and we were chatting about how Kodak really is finished as a photo company. They were telling me the latest issue : Dektol now becomes a dark...

is their email on site, i will contact them
thanks

thank you!

And where do you get Sodium Metaborate for your Mytol... Impossible to find in europe.

As you say, one tries, then tries again, then gives up.
I loved Xtol for decades. It is my no 1 dev. But since the packaging change, I have tried with 4 lots, different batches (i even bought from...

sorry here is the quote I was replying to...
So again, is D23 comparable to Xtol ? I think of it as low contrast developer

That sounds really interesting... when you did your tests, were results very different? D23 i thought was a low contrast developer

How do you make Mytol without Sodium Metaborate (Kodalk)? I cannot find it anywhere (in europe)

Kodak Alaris last week seems to have changed powder manufacturer again, and has given control of production to another company. they are basically rebadging someone else's stuff. All the powders have...

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You are so right there.
It's even worse. Their pro film guy in the uk lied to me. He wrote they never had the issue before...
A quick search online showed me they have acknowledged it in writing in...

replying to myself...
A Search online showed me that indeed many having the exact same issues as me.
Shame on Kodak uk for writing to me and telling me they never heard about it. Really, how can...

Hi,
First off: I am a professional photographer who has based all his BW on Xtol, since the day it came out.
I mix in the same way (with distilled water) since that day, and have always produced...

Yes, thank you
that is what I am planning to do.
thanks for all the advice, I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks to all for the useful comments. I will not open it up, also because the darker filter does move into position, not fully (about 90% of the aera is covered) but the calibration spot is well...

Hello again.
Well, curiouser and curiouser...
Now both bases are working! I cannot for the life of me understand how, but yes, the base that has not worked for about 2 weeks suddenly started to...

Thank you very much. Yes I will get in touch with him.
In the end I went and bought another SEI meter, luckily for a fraction of what I paid for the first one. It came and it does not work either....

Thank you.
The bulbs are ok, I tested them. The issue must be in the bottom cover where the rheostat and the switch are, but I have no idea how to fix that part. I will look at the link you...

Hi
I recently acquired from ebay a SEI Photometer (the english spotmeter used by A Adams) that had all the mnuals, spare bulbs etc and was listed as fully working. Unfortunately covid restrictions...

Did it, thank you very much!

thanks

?? That is not what I asked!

Hi I have just acquired a Thornton Pickard Shutter and I have the same issue, I can increase the speed by turning the brass knob but I do not know how to decrease the speeds.You say to release the...

Can you tell us what TRI X looks like under your IR set up when developing by inspection? Does it look way different like FP4?

I will probably go for this in the end. Looks comfortable and 1x means it is going to be very usable.

Could you point me toward one of these tiny IR floodlights? I seem to only find quite powerful ones online and I am afraid they are too powerful to use in the darkroom. Thanks.

These look very nice indeed. And no fogging issues yes?

Can you send a link or the name of the camera? I can then see if i can buy it in Europe

WOW
great responses Thank you all!
Pere Casals would you give me a link for the dash camera ? and for that matter for the eyecup too! thanks so much

Hi all,
I would like to have your opinion re this idea of mine. I do brush processing, in darkness obvs and it is long and boring. Would be nice of course to see in the dark. Yep I could buy night...

Thank God for this thread! I just acquired a 10,5cm Tessar and I too was surprised that I could not cock the shutter for T or B.
Not having to do it is actually fantastic, much more usable than...

the page numbers are all over the place. which section do you mean? could you do a screenshot of the page in question please?
Thank you

Hello,
I was in the field using my MPP with Schneider 150mm lens, i was setting the aperture ring to required position when I heard a ccccrrrr and saw that the blades were not, as it were, in line...

I am in the EU. I will try to use a stronger bulb as suggested with some expendable films. Worth a try...
I am doing brush development and getting very smooth consistent results in total darkness so...

Just want to thank you all for he;lping me. i will absorb the info you have given me in this last round of posts and get back to you. Thank-You!
Sorry I am dealing with a very bad and serious...

@ Steven Tribe, above
Yes, I would agree with you there. I need to look at my darkslides carefully again, perhaps with someone who has used these types before. But what you say makes sense to me.

Thanks RJ. Re the perspex, well a lot of cameras have plastic film pressure plates, no?
Re pre-soaking, i develop in Xtol and kodak advises against pre soaking in Xtol, so that is why i asked....

Thank you RJ, well worth trying. I have some undeveloped test negs that are now superflous to the original tests, so i can rewire and then try to develop those by inspection. If they get fogged, no...

Several months later...
Enlarger working well, the filters deliver the gradation expected at the expected settings (I was worried they could have faded) and all in all the machine is good. I find...

BTW
I contacted Ilford. They have no idea what that is. It's one of theirs, but probably a special order and they cannot find the original order.
I knew I had not gone blind!:)