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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / September 2005Which tank for 4x5 inch sheets?
Which tank is the more user friendly for processing 4x5 B&W sheet film? A couple I have considered are the Combi-plan & a 2521 +2509N reel. I have just bought an old MPP Mk VIII camera outfit and I want to try it out. LF is new to me, so advice would be very much appreciated. > Which tank is the more user friendly for processing 4x5 B&W sheet film? > A couple I have considered are the Combi-plan & a 2521 +2509N reel. > I have just bought an old MPP Mk VIII camera outfit and I want to try it > out. > LF is new to me, so advice would be very much appreciated. When I started (about a year ago), also with an MPP (but a MkVI), I used an old Cibachrome drum which I'd bought years ago in a Cibachrome starter kit. It's fine for 5x4 single sheets of B&W (at room temp) and uses little chemistry, ~25ml, per sheet. I've moved on to Provia 100F and I now take my films to a local E6 lab as there's no way I could use this style of drum in my 38degC tempering bath. What lenses are you using? 150 Xenar f4.5?  SignatureM Stewart Milton Keynes, UK http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm >> Which tank is the more user friendly for processing 4x5 B&W sheet film? >> A couple I have considered are the Combi-plan & a 2521 +2509N reel. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > there's no way I could use this style of drum in my 38degC tempering bath. > What lenses are you using? 150 Xenar f4.5? I have to agree... on the few occasions when I shoot 4x5 sheet film, I use my old Unicolor drum. It holds 4 sheets and specs 2 ounces of chemistry (that assumes no leaks, perfectly level surface to roll it on). If you're only developing a couple sheets at a time, one of the print drums should work well. Or you could learn to embrace the dark and tray process! SignatureKen Hart kwhart@aec.nu |
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