[LargeFormat] Help, scratches on negative..

[Jim]

Here is a picture of 4x5 sheet film hangers. Easy to load and use. I've 
used them for 50 years.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1336303882

And here is a picture of the hard rubber tanks for use with the hangers. 
These are 8x10 tanks but are made of the same stuff and look exactly like 
the 4x5 tanks. Onlt the 8x10 tanks are, obviously, bigger.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1336522057

Three tanks. Developer, rinse, fixer. Film goes into the hangers, the top 
flips over to lock the film in place. Up to eight films can be developed in 
a 4x5 tank.

Jim



At 06:35 PM 3/4/2002 -0800, Achal Pashine wrote:
>Dear Uncle and Curt,
>to be honest, I am still confused. You both mean vertical (tall rather than
>flat) containers of the size which can hold 4X5 negatives, no? Again the key
>seems to be to suspend the negatives 1 inch off the bottom, how does one do
>that? Uncle mentioned some kind of hangers but I did not get what he meant.
>dip and dunk means I need to hold onto negatives vertically by something?
>anything "commercial" recommended?
>Pl write off list, if this is trivial; I do not wish to clog the traffic on
>list.
>thanks,
>achal
>
>
>Achal Pashine
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Curt Miller" <hmiller4@berkshire.rr.com>
>To: <largeformat@f32.net>
>Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:58 PM
>Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Help, scratches on negative..
>
>
> > > Dear Achal,
> > >
> > >      Sounds like agitation scratching. Trays I have found are good if
>you
> > > can shepherd only one sheet at a time and even then try not to
> > > let it touch
> > > the surrfaces too much.
> > >
> > >      Could you go down to the local market like I did and find 3 plastic
> > > food holders - the kind that sit in the refrigerator with a plastic lid.
>I
> > > got rectangular ones that allow me to suspend sheet film in them with
> > > nothing touching it but the liquid? A dip and dunk action to
> > > agitate and no scratching. Also cheap.
> > >
> > This is good advice.  In fact, if you are careful choosing the size of the
> > food container, you can find ones that will actually hold two negatives
> > back-to-back, suspended an inch off the bottom of the container.  You can
> > then put a lid on the container so developer doesn't slosh all over your
>wet
> > bench.  I've used this method in the past with PMK and have gotten
>gorgeous,
> > scratch-free negatives.
> >
> > Curt Miller, M.P.A.
> > Classic Photography by Miller
> > B&W Photography - Minox to 8x10
> >
> > http://www.curt-miller.com
> >
> >
> >
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