Yes, I dunk the tubes into the developer. For agitation, I lift the tubes out and put them back in three times every thirty seconds. I have to do it in complete darkness, but I don't really mind.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "R Duarte" <ra...@rahji.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Developing sheet film (a little late) > Hey John, > > I just want to make sure I get it.. you are dipping the stack of > glued-together tubes into the tanks? how do you agitate it? > > rob > > > From: "John Yeo" <jonn...@thegrid.net> > > Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? > > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:20:54 -0800 > > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > > Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Developing sheet film (a little late) > > > > I know the thread on developing sheet film is a little old, but I just > > thought I would throw this in. > > > > As I mentioned before, tubes are my preferred way of developing, but they > > are limited to as many tubes as you can juggle at a time. I just made a new > > system, by gluing nine tubes together. I was planning on using 12 tubes, > > but I accidentally bought 5 ft of pipe instead of 6 ft. I ended up with 10 > > pieces, but just put 9 together. I developed the first batch tonight, and > > it worked very well. The anti-halation backing doesn't cleared very well in > > tubes, so I took the film out and put them in hangers to sit in the fixer > > for a while. I also put them back into the used developer to get more stain > > (using pyro developer). For agitation, I lifted the unit out of the > > developer three times, every thirty seconds. > > > > See pictures at > > http://sa.kungfuchrist.com/cosmic9/tubes.jpg and > > http://sa.kungfuchrist.com/cosmic9/tanks.jpg > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > > unsubscribe or change your account at > > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
