"Color Canoe"...anyone ever used one for 4x5 film processing?

CropDusterMan · Mar 25, 2015

Got one of these stainless Color Canoes in a recent batch of gear...I assumed they were primarily
for paper, but wondered if anyone had ever used one for sheet film..single sheet.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-HEA...292?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5671c92dac

Rick A · Mar 25, 2015

I had one years ago, never thought about using it for sheet film, it should work just fine since there are no ridges on the bottom.

Gerald C Koch · Mar 25, 2015

My only suggestion would be to insure that the film lies over the bale to make it easy to remove the film. However with this small a film size the film may move around in the canoe. This could be a source of problems.

Jim Jones · Mar 25, 2015

I've used one for 8x10 film long ago. A small amount of developer used only one time works well, especially if the bail is removed so less developer suffices. A tray wash may be needed to remove any backing on the film.

Photo Engineer · Mar 25, 2015

How interesting. I have the prototype with a Kodak logo on it (IIRC).

Never used it.

PE

Mick Fagan · Mar 25, 2015

It mentions Mitchell on the outside, could that imply that the late Bob Mitchell may have had something to do with the input of the design do you think?

Mick.

Edit, just carefully re-read PE's post, maybe not.

mike c · Mar 25, 2015

I had one of those canoes years ago and it seems to me Heath Color Canoe was printed on it.

Mike

Photo Engineer · Mar 25, 2015

Someone made a prototype and showed it to Kodak, giving them the prototype. Kodak did not like it and told him. Apparently, he told them to keep the prototype and eventually it ended up in my hands.

PE

ac12 · Mar 26, 2015

As I recall Heath and Mitchell got together on several projects, and those items were referred to as Heath/Mitchell, which I think the color canoe is one of them.

CropDusterMan · Mar 26, 2015

I think the interesting thing is the very minimal chemical it uses...

Photo Engineer · Mar 26, 2015

For what they do, the Kodak Drum and the Jobo do quite well, and the Canoe, although I never used it personally, was quite sloppy in the demos I saw run.

PE

mike c · Mar 26, 2015

It was a sloppy thing, can of floated in a large tray of tempered water, kind of like using a kayak with out paddles. At the time it was the only cheap option for doing color prints till I could afford a model 11 Kodak drum processor, which worked rather well.

Mike

"Color Canoe"...anyone ever used one for 4x5 film processing?

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