[alt-photo] Re: Alt-photo-process-list Digest, Vol 453, Issue 1

[as]

In NYC right now it's 102 with dewpoints in the mid 70's.   My cold 
water faucet temp is coming out at 33c.

No kidding:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9093035@N06/5964681123/in/photostream

(that should be good enough cause some reticulation) :)


On 7/22/2011 16:43, dhbloomfield wrote:
> Well, it's 103 here today (NC), and with the humidity index, it must be about
> 115.  Unbelievable.
>
> Chris, I do remember some years ago, when we had a huge hurricane here
> (Hurricane Fran, early September 1996), and all these tree-removal guys came
> down from NY, (Adirondack area) to help out-- and they were hauling off a huge
> old oak from our front yard (that actually across the house-- a whole other
> story), and they asked for some water.  I went in the house to get them
> something to drink, and they said-- "No, no, we like it from the outdoor
> spigot."  So I showed them where it was-- and for the longest time, they just
> let the water run.  I could see them just standing there, kind of looking at
> each other, dumbfounded.  So I asked what was wrong.  They wanted to know if
> there was something wrong with our water-- if that's the way it just comes out
> of the ground.  I had no idea what they meant.  Finally, they said, "Well, is
> this is?  Does it ever get cold?"  They'd never seen water come out of an
> outdoor spigot that wasn't ice cold.  And I never knew water came out of an
> outdoor spigot any other way-- other than bath water temperature. :)
>
> But how incredible to be in a climate where you don't need the air conditioning.
>
> Well, I have nothing to keep this on-topic-- except that when I returned the
> brand-new (dead) 3880 that I'd purchased from B&H, I did end up just buying a
> refurbished 3800 from Epson.  It's been working like a charm.  The repair shop
> here did end up fixing mine, but it took and a while, and they basically rebuilt
> it.  Given what they did, and their (fixed price) repair quote, I *think* I came
> out ahead.  At least I have 2 working printers now, so if one goes bad, I have a
> back-up.  So I've been printing away here in my (newly renovated) and nicely
> cooled studio.  The outside humidity doesn't seem to be having an adverse effect
> on anything-- well, on my prints.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nelson Mark<ender100 at aol.com>
> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
> <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
> Sent: Fri, July 22, 2011 3:47:53 PM
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Alt-photo-process-list Digest, Vol 453, Issue 1
>
> Paul,
> hehehehe I know what you mean!
>
> About as important for me when I am traveling around the country is the
> HUMIDITY!  You run into such variations and it really makes a difference in
> printing PT/PD and photopolymer gravure platemaking.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Mark Nelson
> www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
>
> PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
>
> www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm here in LA and temps  have been mostly bearable. We've only had a
>> week of near 100 temps since summer, but many days btw 88-92. Fortunately, my AC
>> doesn't need to be on until the later afternoon most days and we shut it off
>> after sundown unless it's still in the high 80-90s. But we do use heat in the
>> winter, not as much like eastern climes but still need it. The difference is
>> that most of the homes here have terrible insulation unless they've been
>> retrofitted. All these crackerbox houses built in the years following after WWII
>> are horrible compared to other parts of the country, and the crappy ones in the
>> worst neighborhoods are still going for $500k...! Don't get me started... ;-)
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelson Mark"<ender100 at aol.com>
>> To: "Richard Knoppow"<dickburk at ix.netcom.com>; "The alternative photographic
>> processes mailing list"<alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:49 AM
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Alt-photo-process-list Digest, Vol 453, Issue 1
>>
>>
>>> It's been beastly hot here near Chicago.... We had a storm front come in last
>>> night and it is cooled down some.  I'm always surprised when I travel to other
>>> parts of the country where people don't need air conditioning or don't need much
>>> in the way of heating.  Here near Chicago with extremes in cold/hot&  humidity,
>>> it seems we either have the air conditioning or heating running all year round.
>>>
>>> Best Wishes,
>>> Mark Nelson
>>> www.PrecisionDigitalNegatives.com
>>>
>>> PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups
>>>
>>> www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina Anderson"<zphoto at montana.net>
>>>> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list"
>>>> <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 8:40 AM
>>>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Alt-photo-process-list Digest, Vol 453, Issue 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, it is was so hot here in MN that my wood floors which are atop a cold
>>>>> basement in this almost 100-year old house were wet. No air conditioning here.
>>>>> But the heat finally broke, sort of.
>>>>> I remember when I moved to South Carolina for grad school, I was shocked to
>>>>> find out the water came out of the faucets bathtub temp. I had never even
>>>>> thought that occurred, always having lived in northern climes where the well
>>>>> water or city water pipes were buried deep in the ground and hence water was
>>>>> always 55 degrees or so.
>>>>> To keep it on topic, when I first started using Maco Infrared film, that
>>>>> emulsion was so soft that it would ding and slough in the 70's. Had to always be
>>>>> careful to keep the developing temp low with that film.
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Christina Z. Anderson
>>>>> christinaZanderson.com
>>>>     Allowable processing temperatures have gone up considerably over the years.
>>>> Up to about 1940 the "standard" temperature was 65F, then it was increased to
>>>> 68F. Not a big difference but it showed the progress in emulsion hardness of the
>>>> time. Emulsion frilling, reticulation, and grain migration due to emulsion
>>>> swelling were common problems. I think we have stepped backwards with some of
>>>> the current films made by small companies who don't have or can't apply the
>>>> technology developed by the big guys.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Richard Knoppow
>>>> Los Angeles, CA, USA
>>>> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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