damn squirrels...
Rich Mason <cameratraveler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rich Mason <cameratraveler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
help!
I had a beautiful black-and-white print made on Agfa Portriga paper,
but a rabid squirrel ran into the house and knocked over a lit candle.
In a subsequent pass through the room the maniacal squirrel managed to
set his tail ablaze on the overturned candle. Panicked further, the
flaming, demented rodent then knocked over a floor lamp which crashed
into the aforementioned, and nicely framed, print which then slipped
off its hanger and fell face-first into a small carved totem on the
floor--the result of this impaling was an eagle perched atop a
rectangular platform. Needless to say, the print was destroyed. The
good news is that the squirrel was able to find a way out and managed
to set the woods afire, but the house was spared. The squirrel was
never seen again.
I have the negative, it was in a fireproof safe. Does anyone know
where I can find some Agfa Portriga paper (the original formula) on
which to make a new copy of this wonderful print? No other paper was
ever able to get the right tonality for this particular negative.
thanks
On Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at 12:52 AM, Pinky wrote:
> help!
>
> I was trying to print from one of my negs today and the neg is
> corrupt! I
> thought it was a 120 and tried to open the neg in the wrong enlarger (a
> 35mm) and it seems some of the silver grains have gone and now there's
> nothing! I don't know what went wrong, the enlarger usually tells me
> before
> trying to access the wrong neg..
>
> I had a problem last week with this same enlarger too, I tried to open
> a
> bunch of 120's and I had to try 15 different negs before one would
> print..
> when I went back to try the 15 again they'd all gone! Maybe it deleted
> them? Does anyone know if there is a firmware upgrade for this
> enlarger? I
> am using a non proprietry globe, and have never had any problems in the
> past, someone said on another newgroup that the globes I'm using has
> caused
> them LOTS of problems, but I never had a problem till now.
>
> One last question. I tried adjusting the contrast with my new paper
> but it
> came out wrong, are there any profiles I could get for this paper? I
> have
> had fantastic results in the past from the other paper, but I just
> don't
> seem to be getting the same whites with this new lot. SOmeone said
> the time
> was wrong. Maybe I need a time profile.
>
> Gee I love this new photography, it's so exciting and there's so much
> to
> learn!
>
> thanks for your help :-)
>
>
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