[largeformat] Morse Developing tanks

[Jim Hemenway]

Well, silly me.  I didn't know that you were an author! :-)

When will it be available for purchase?

Jim


LNPhoto wrote:

> <big smile>  I momentarily forgot that this was a USERS group.  The 
> question has much less to do with practicality than it existence.
> 
> When I want to process my 4x5 film I've got Yankee tanks, HP Combi tanks 
> and even an 8x10 sink line with nitro, dual quads and a hemi.
> 
> The real reason for the question is that I'm working on a chapter of my 
> book and wanted to give a review of what's out there to process 4x5 film 
> in.  In the article, I've run through trays, Yankee Agitanks, FR tanks, 
> HP Ccombi tanks, Nikkor Reels, Kodak tanks and hangers, and am working 
> up to the hobbist model Jobos.
> 
> I have one of these 5x7 models and when I bought it, thought it was for 
> 4x5.  I actually thought they were ALL 4x5 size.  When it arrived I 
> realized this thing is REALLY BIG!, really too big for a beginner 
> photographer with his first Speed Graphic.
> 
> Les
> 
> 
> On Feb 19, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> I don't know Les as I haven't heard about this system before.  But for 
>> 4x5, why not try a Nikor 4x5 stainless tank.  They show up on ebay now 
>> and then, although I don't see any now.
>>
>> Or, one of these on ebay:
>>
>> 3875175315
>> 3874299962
>> 3873221305
>>
>> I have one of these which I use occasionally for quick E-6 work.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> LNPhoto wrote:
>>
>>> While things are both cold and ugly out there I thought I throw this 
>>> out to the group most likely to know...
>>> Morse was a company that made many things for the US Government 
>>> during WWII and  the Korean War.
>>> On of their more interesting items is a large daylight tank for 5x7 
>>> film.   Officially called the Model 507  it had a light trap in the 
>>> bottom.  You loaded the film on 5x7 hangers closed the lid and then 
>>> you could process your film in 8x10 deep tanks (3.5 gallon) with the 
>>> lights on.
>>> And while one could certainly process 4x5 film on 4x5 hangers or 2 up 
>>> 4x5/5x7 hangers, I was wondering if anybody knows if they made a 4x5 
>>> version of this beast.  Watching ebay has only produced confused 
>>> results.  Some say theirs only did 4x5, but they could have been 
>>> saying that because that's the hangers that came with it.
>>> Les
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