What I would be in the market for is a 7"X5" version that holds 4 sheets at a time , or even just 2 sheets .
The SP-810 will process two sheets of 5x7 (or 7x5, if that's what you have) -- or four sheets of 4x5, or a single 8x10. Because of the way it loads, it's also easier to use for things like prints -- it essentially replaces the Paterson Orbital with a simpler, less costly device that does the same job.
Likewise that will do one 10x8 , two 7x5 or four 5x4 sheets of film .
There's times when I want to develop more than two sheets at a time of 7x5 as having free time is my problem .
I'd think you'd be more interested in an SP-108 or SP-454, anyway.
OK, agree there. Not going to tell Stearman how to go about it, and making own version is also possible, as I alluded to following my misunderstanding of your post, It can be all done in a more primitive way if one wants to go after it too. I just like this tank and immediately thought of smaller sheet film.@Witold What I was saying was that it might make sense for Stearman Press to 3D print a specialty film carrier like that. Yes, 2x3 and 6.5x9 films are still available, seems I've seen 3x4 recently as well. They aren't going to generate enough sales of film holders for SP-445 to justify making a mold -- but they might do enough to justify buying an Ender 3 and climbing the learning curve to print in ABS.
Sorry, was making a joke about all your film references being WxH (common in Europe, especially England) vs HxW (more common in the US).
Apparently my humor-fu was weak.
Ah , yes , I can see how easily that could confuse an American .
It's quite often they try to tell people from England how to speak English !
We get used to it and make allowances .
At least you know us foreigners speak differently than yourself , but still understand what we're saying !
I theorize it's because you drive on the wrong side of the road, and have an unconscious need to justify it.
England is roughly the size of Louisiana (the state, not the purchase), and you have like 30 dialects. Which one is "English"?
Speaking of odd theories, I still have this idea that Welsh was created as a practical joke on the English.
True story-- in high school it became apparent no matter how gifted I was at IT (my career of the past 30+ years), no one would take me seriously speaking like a backwoods redneck from North Florida. So, I taught myself to speak with a more neutral accent, primarily using Tom Baker and Jeremy Brett as examples. Not that I sound like either of them, it's just a remarkably non-descript "American" accent.
Red neck from the Southern states ? That explains a lot !
What is the recommended way to agitate for colour or monochrome. Sorry for being off topic, I need a way to process as my drums leak.
See? There it is. The unconscious institutionalized disdain for people from the south. Not only does everyone assume I'm rude, crude and uncouth, they think I'm probably an idiot.
I don't mind the uncouth so much, I just wish they'd wait to meet me to form that opinion.
Speaking of uncouth, we're in serious danger of derailing a good thread about the SP-645, which I kind of triggered, so I should probably put the keyboard down, and back away slowly after apologizing to Tim.
Sorry Tim!!
I voted no, when coming home from a day of photography, I rarely have more than 4 sheets of film. If I do have more than four sheets, then I process either later the same day, or on another day; being retired one works like that. I have your original version, hasn't missed a beat.
If on a trip I can come home with up to 50+ sheets, I just take my time and develop when I'm ready. On my last long trip I took a week to develop my films, don't ask how long it took to print them; that's another story.
I can see the advantage of having the ability to develop 6 sheets, but 8 sheets would start to get rather heavy and/or ungainly with the amount of chemistry sloshing around inside.
Mick.
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