There's something about sitting... all alone... in the pitch darkness... a tray... a single sheet of film... agitating while soft music plays in the background... the beep of my timer every 30 seconds to jolt me back to reality......
There's something about sitting... all alone... in the pitch darkness... a tray... a single sheet of film... agitating while soft music plays in the background... the beep of my timer every 30 seconds to jolt me back to reality......
And you slowly start to realize you were agitating it in the tray of fixer.....
..... Not really...I can still find them in the dark
Left to right - that's how I lay them out. I just don't like doing it.
Ha! Just a moment ago, over on the LF Forum, someone asked about a developer formula involving an anhydrous ingredient. The person who replied reminded them to use distilled water for the mix. So then I politely informed everyone that anhydrous distilled water is cheaper to ship because it weighs less.
There's something about sitting... all alone... in the pitch darkness... a tray... a single sheet of film... agitating while soft music plays in the background... the beep of my timer every 30 seconds to jolt me back to reality......
Left to right - that's how I lay them out. I just don't like doing it.
In safelight illuminated, group printing darkrooms, I like to exact my left-handed person's revenge for all those years of slights from the right-handed majority by setting the trays out right to left.
I would never be so cruel as to do that when the trays need to be used in complete darkness!
Can anyone who has used both offer an opinion as to which is easier to load with film, a MOD54 reel or a Jobo 2509N reel?
Second on tubes. I use old Beseler print tubes on a motor base. Flawless. And, yea, hardly any chemicals.I use tubes -- which most people think of for processing paper, which, of course, they can do, as well.
There are lots to choose from and they are cheap, cheap, cheap. Some are designed to handle film -- and have internal ridges -- and some are only designed for paper.
I use a Cibachrome 4x5 tube, for a single sheet, and an 8x10 tube for up the 4 sheets. I avoid larger tubes due to the increased risk of slippage. The developer is a BASE and very slippery, so you have to be careful and get the film in exactly right so it won't slip around and mess up development. With B&W, the tubes can be SLOWLY, manually rolled or put on a tube roller (Beseler, Unicolor, etc.) -- $20 on EBAY.
The tubes use basically no chemicals at all -- and it's fresh each time. Tanks and trays waste so much chemical. BUT I do use tanks for final washing.
I have been using tank and hanger for 50+ years. Reliable and versatile, even for stand development.
I typically use a HP Combiplan .
Holds six 5x4 sheets or several other sheet size and plates.
Also got the Patterson Orbital for 7x5 and 8x6 sheets .
I have a Jobo tank for 5x4 , but find it a pain to load .
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