ISSUENo.59

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EDITORIAL

One again the season has been a very slow one in regards communications. It would seem that the long hot days have dulled the senses, or you have all been too busy getting lovely colourful shots in the can, and processing, that its left little time for letter writing.

Due to circumstances I have done little photography & processing this season. Last time I mentioned that I got that `tobacco` effect once again, but that time the test strip was O.K! Well! I got the same again during my first session of the season, and as I didn`t wish to spoil all the films waiting to be processed, I waited until I sorted things out a bit. I bought some more fresh chemicals to replace those I suspected, but on doing the next processing, the test strip, again, looked fine, as did the first two films, but the 3rd & 4th definitely showed the `effect` still there!. I had even made up a fresh reversal bath the day before as the one made up had gone into it`s sixth week.

Now that the chemicals cannot be suspected, and I feel that my weighing & mixing is OK and the effect is very much as you might get should you be doing `solarisation` I am starting to suspect the problem may be one of `light-leakage`. It can`t be during re-loading from bulk rolls as the problem is also in bought cassettes, therefore the logical suspect would be during the period films are in the developing tank for the `dry` pre-heat before starting processing. It will be expensive having to buy a new tank just to find the source of this problem. I have had the `double` Paterson System 4 tank for some years and haven`t suspected it so far, but the "Pink Pig" has raised my suspicions now that I feel there is no problem with my weighing & mixing etc. I shall keep you informed of my progress.

I would like to thank those who took heed of my request and sent in some copy. I can assure you that it was most welcome and made the difference in this issue being as full as normal. However all of that copy has been used and the need for you to keep sending in whatever you can will be appreciated.

The cartoon on page 4 proves how well our printing format handles these kind of sketches. If you can come up with something similar I am sure it will add the the pleasure you get from the Newsletter.

The article on page 3 appears by the kindness of John Ruffell who is the editor of Amateur Film Maker. We thank John for this and further copy will appear in future issues.