4x5 sheet film use.

I got started in 4x5 about a year and a half ago. I use TMAX 100
sheet film and process it in HC110.

To process the film, I use a large plastic drum by Jobo, which fits
10 sheets at a time, and requires about 500ml of solution to process.
These drums are expensive, though. You might get lucky and see one
on EBAY like I did.

I roll the drum on an old Beseler motorized base, when processing.

I have been using the standard two sheet film holders which fit the
backs of my Leonardo and Finney pinhole cameras. This is nice, but
you have to have a bunch of these holders loaded up when you go out
in the field. I have about 10 of them, which gives me about 20
shots.

Another option is to use the new "ready load" films,
which come in little light tight packets. YOu can use one single
holding device, and carry a bunch of the "packets", which you swap
in and out of the single holder, in the field. I have bought some of
these, but haven't used them yet. Another advantage to these is it
almost eliminates dust problems, since the packets are individually
wrapped, and, except for during exposure, are always wrapped. They
are more expensive though.
Received on Wed Dec 5 14:02:55 2001