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Old January 30th 04, 07:17 PM
Collin Brendemuehl
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Being new to 8x10 I'm still looking for easier ways to do things.
My first tray-developed films were a hassle.
But ... I got in my tanks & hangars.
Unfortunately there's not enough shot each time to justify filling the tanks.
So I put the sheet into the hangar and lay it in the tray for developing.
Makes it much easier to agitate, insert, and remove.
And the hangar keeps it from rubbing on the bottom of the tray.

Any other ideas out there to make things easier?
(I can use all the hints there are.)

Thanks,

Collin
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Old January 31st 04, 05:23 AM
Francis A. Miniter
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Hi Collin,

For 4x5 and 5x7, I use processing panels which I made on the following
design: http://philbard.com/panel.html

I do not know how this would work for 8x10 as there would be a tendency
to sag. But that would be on the back side, anyways, as it is important
to have the emulsion layer on top. Otherwise film development is
uneven. A panel for 8x10 would probably hold only 1 sheet each, unless
you are going to go for a tray that would accomodate 16x20, in which
case the panel could hold four sheets.


Francis A. Miniter




Collin Brendemuehl wrote:

Being new to 8x10 I'm still looking for easier ways to do things.
My first tray-developed films were a hassle.
But ... I got in my tanks & hangars.
Unfortunately there's not enough shot each time to justify filling the tanks.
So I put the sheet into the hangar and lay it in the tray for developing.
Makes it much easier to agitate, insert, and remove.
And the hangar keeps it from rubbing on the bottom of the tray.

Any other ideas out there to make things easier?
(I can use all the hints there are.)

Thanks,

Collin



 




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