From: Ole Tjugen (oftjugen@online.no)
Date: 07/20/03-08:51:13 PM Z
Pay a bit more, and there's an electronic one good to 0.01 gram from MyWeigh
(www.myweigh.com).
I have a 200g / 0.1g from the same company, and it is very, very good. For
Pyrocat-HD I wish I had bought the 0.01g version...
Ole Tj
>===== Original Message From Larry Roohr <larry.roohr@comcast.net> =====
>Someone on one of the photonet forums recomended this scale, suposedly good
>to .2 grams for US$19.99.
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?function=Search
>
>Looks like good ol traditional technology being put to good use.
>
>Larry
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "The Swami" <dalaibobra@houston.rr.com>
>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 1:10 PM
>Subject: Catechol & Pyrocat
>
>
>> Today I got some Catechol to make some Pyrocat for the first time, and I
>> had a couple of questions...
>>
>> What should Catechol look like? I got a pound from Artcraft Chemicals &
>> it is a shade darker brown than say Starbucks' Mocha Frapuccino : )
>> which seems consistent with what I have heard, but what i have not
>> heard, is what to look for in the consistency of the granularity. Mine
>> is a mixture of small, flat chips between a quarter & an eigth of an
>> inch in diameter. There are also granules the size of brown sugar mixed
>> throughout. I haven't tried to break the chips up and didn't know if
>> this was a bad sign.
>>
>> Another question I have is whether or not it matters that I only have a
>> scale that measures in half grams. Sandy's formula (a la unblinking eye)
>> calls for .2g of potassium bromide; if I measure a half gram and
>> separate 2/5 by eye, is that negligible? I am going to use metol instead
>> of phenidone for Sol A, and the 10% sodium hydroxide in Sol B. Does this
>> all sound peachy?
>>
>> The only other thing I am curious about is a general sense of what other
>> users are using for developing times/routines & ISO ratings for HP5 &
>> FP4+. I shoot both 120 & 4x5 in these films. I hand develop with a
>> spiral tank for 120 & use a Jobo Expert 3010 by hand for 4x5. Are there
>> special considerations when developing this way?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Joe
>>
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