[LargeFormat] Re: [LargeFormat]

[philip Lambert]

I seem to have got some interesting responses.Wish I'd met Karsh. Or Fox
Talbot, Daguerre.  My gin is clearly marked Tonic to confuse the hired help.
Cheers.  Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Newcomer" <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Re: [LargeFormat]


>
> When in college, we got to go on a field trip to Montreal and have a
> personal audience with the Pope aka Karsh.
>
> He regaled use with stories of his indenture to another photographer in
> the US during the depression. The photographer kept his clients by
> keeping a well stocked bar in the lab. Since most of the distilled
> sprits were clear, they passed inspection.  I don't remember all of
> them, but Gin was kept in a bottle clearly labled "Sulphuric Acid"  The
> Sulphuric Acid was kept in a bottle labeled "H2SO4"
>
>
> Robert Mayrand wrote:
> >
> > Would a bottle of wine be consider as "something usable for LF" then.
> > Because I sure would love to get the lens!!!
> >
> > Robert
> > MTL, Quebec
> >
> > On 12/26/01 1:59 AM, "philip Lambert" <philip.lambert@virgin.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Quite seriously, people who drink a little red wine from time to time
purely
> > > from healthy-heart considerations, should not store partly- used hypo
in old
> > > wine bottles as a quick drink in the darkroom can cause arrested
development
> > > and a pronounced loss of colour. Cheers   Philip
> > > Incidentally this suggested campaign to give away lenses will
quadruple
> > > membership. I have a cloudy old 180mm Xenar that needs the elements
cleaning
> > > tenderly and I will swap this for anything usable for LF.  Not so much
Ebay
> > > as Freebay
> > >>
> > >> Dear Uncle Dick,
> > >>
> > >> As much I would like to be able to give 75mm SAs to list members,
> > >> unfortunately you seem to have taken a little too much of the
Australian
> > >> holiday sunshine. This may also explain the problems you have been
having
> > >> with the Agfa paper :-)
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>         Clive
> > >>
> > >> PS - BTW please turn off the HTML, too much brandy on the Christmas
> > > pudding?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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