Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison McClary wrote: > snip I dry my film in a Senrac film > dryer...the only problems I have ever encountered with this is a tendency > for the Tri-x or Neopan to stick to the reels if allowed to get too cool > before removing from the reel. For some reason this does not happen with > TMAX films. > > Good luck. > > Harrison McClary Drying Negs with heat is way high on my absolute NoNo list. This is a result of 30 years of reading coubntless articles in Pop and Mod Photography, Cora Wright Kennedy, Bill Pierce, etc. I have never compared the results with a microscope It has been bled into my genetic code that doing such a thing will kiss your grain goodbye. Maybe I'm wrong... But your film sticking to your reels should be a sign that there is an extreme thing happening. You don't want extreme things to be happening to your film. Especially in terms of extremes of temperature. Mark Rabiner