On a related note, when I moved to my current location, I noticed that I was getting water spots on my film when they dried. Basically the water here is very hard and leaves deposits on the film surface. Apparently it's very stubborn too, as 2 vigorous baths in distilled water doesn't totally remove the gunk either.
Anyway, I was going through loads of filtered water, which is a PIA to lug home, so I tried to use water from a Brita. That water was *worse* than the tap water wrt gunk spots on the film. Now I use the filtered water and give a final wipe with a film chamois, which generlly does the trick. tv > -----Original Message----- > From: David Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re: Re: [HUG] Film presoak - Cross Post > > > Thanks Mr. Robb.I just threw out a filter, Do'h.Back to > the Brita<g> > > Dave > ---- Begin Original Message ---- > > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:31:12 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: [HUG] Film presoak - Cross Post > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Brooks" > Subject: Re: Re: [HUG] Film presoak - Cross Post > > > > Are you using tap or bottle water.Any change in development > > times noticed as mentioned by others?? > > Filtered tap water. I found my development times increased > by a half > minute. > I presume this is because the developer has to replace the water in > the > emulsion, and it takes a bit of time to do that. > > William Robb > > > > > ---- End Original Message ---- > > > > > Pentax User > Stouffville Ontario Canada > "Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art > stops and the wall begins"--Frank Zappa > http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ > http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses > Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: > http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail >
