Processing in a daylight tank that is not full of film

[Dikaiosune01]

Processing small amounts of film in a daylight safe tank?

im processing 4x5 sheet film in a paterson 3 reel tank with one of those modphotographic reels made by morgan. how will things change if i wish to process 1 or 2 sheets at a time?

- any change in development time?
- can the chemicals be reused to process a second batch of 2? although i dont think i would risk processing more than 4 sheets, in 2 batches.

 

[Martin Aislabie]

Processing small amounts of film in a daylight safe tank?

im processing 4x5 sheet film in a paterson 3 reel tank with one of those modphotographic reels made by morgan. how will things change if i wish to process 1 or 2 sheets at a time?

- any change in development time?
- can the chemicals be reused to process a second batch of 2? although i dont think i would risk processing more than 4 sheets, in 2 batches.

Changes in development time - No, I doubt it would be measurable

Re-use the chemistry - no and yes

No to re-using developer, unless you want to do extensive testing to get consistent results from batch 1 through to batch 4.

Yes, to Stop and Fix

Processing small quantities of film is a PITA, which is why I gave up Zoning unless the lighting is/was extreme

Martin