--- R Duarte <ra...@rahji.com> wrote: > hey, i'd like to try using 4x5 sheet film. does anyone have suggestions on > the easiest way that i could develop it? should i just use trays in the > dark? is there something easier without buying the $150 developing tank i > saw at the local camera store? :)
This is an easy one - Darkroom Innovations (http://www.darkroom-innovations.com/BTZS_Film_Tubes/btzs_film_tubes.html) has tubes that you can use. Yes, you can go ahead and buy the whole set, but I simply purchased two tubes many yeanrs and hundreds of sheets ago and will swear by them. The tubes allow you to use different times for sheets, different developers and/or dilutions, process completely in the light (with the exception of loading the film into the tubes), offer uniform development, no scratching from negatives knocking against other negatives, etc., etc., etc. I can't think of any advantage that standing in the dark with your fingers in developer might have. BTW, if you are super-frugal, you can make your own tubes, though for me personally, that's more bother than it's worth. Cheers - george ===== Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
