[LargeFormat] sheet film developing

[Les Newcomer]

Guy,

Gordon Hutchings, who has done a bit more film testing than I have,  made 
this claim in his book the Film Developing Cookbook. He states minimum 
volumes for stock, and various dilutions of developers.  The more dilute 
the developer, the more volume per sheet of film you need, so under his 
rules, a Nikkor tank may be good for, say 12 sheets using D76 straight, 
but not Rodinal 1:50

I'd give you the particulars, but it looks like my wife borrowed it again,
  Can't wait to see what we have for dinner.


On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 09:49 AM, Guy Glorieux wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Les Newcomer" <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com>
> ......
>> Other options are reel type tanks for 4x5.  Nikkor made a model and
> jobo
>> did too.  But i recommend  using every other slot as there isn't
> enough
>> developer in the tank to process completely a full reel.
>>
>> Les
>
> Hi Les,
>
> I use the Nikor tank when I have a large number of sheets to process, as
> opposed to doing them in a tray.  It takes  1 full liter of developper
> and it never occured that this may not be enough for 12 sheets, nor have
> I found that the results were not satisfactory.  Did I miss something?
>
> Guy Glorieux
>
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