Re: sheet film

I develop all my 8x10 sheet film in trays and haven't had any problems
with scratching. I use Ilford HP5. You really shouldn't have a problem
with this method, however I will give you a tip on what not to do...

A few years ago while my wife and I were living in a small apartment in
California, I used to develop all my film in the spare bedroom which was
also our storage room as well. Very small space. All I could use as a
work surface was an old ironing board we had stored in there. The board
was just long enough to fit 3 trays for 8x10 film...developer, stop
bath, fixer. To make a longer story shorter, while developing some
film, the catch bar on the ironing board released itself and the whole
setup came crashing to the ground; filled trays and all. I could feel
the chemicals soaking in the carpet as I was barefoot, and I just stood
there in the dark for a moment trying to figure out how I was going to
explain this to my wife. We lost our security deposit on that apartment.

Bill-

R Duarte wrote:
>
> hey, i'd like to try using 4x5 sheet film. does anyone have suggestions on
> the easiest way that i could develop it? should i just use trays in the
> dark? is there something easier without buying the $150 developing tank i
> saw at the local camera store? :) you can email me directly instead of
> sending to the list since it's not necessarily pinhole related - although
> i'm asking because i want to finally use FILM in the pinhole camera i built
> to accept 4x5 film backs. thanks for any info..
> rob
>
> _______________________________________________
> Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
> Pinhole-Discussion mailing list
> Pinhole-Discussion@pinhole.com
> unsubscribe or change your account at
> http://www.pinholevisions.org/discussion/
Received on Wed Jan 23 14:21:36 2002