Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christer Almqvist wrote: > > >It's a little confusing at first. A normal metal tank with metal reels > >uses 250 of liquid per 35mm reel. > > My tank (plastic) uses 250 ml too. However, 250 ml is the minimum needed, > the tank will take 400 ml and a bit without overflowing, so I can use > diluted developer and still have enough stock solution in the mixture. The > problem is with the 2 reel tank, it uses 500 ml but it still only takes the > same additional 150 ml as the one reel tank before overflowing. > > -- > christer almqvist Yes this is the issue and I find it awkward to have less reels in my tank (with film in them) than the tank holds so I am refusing to bow to that train of thought. I am just fingering out the "extra" times needed with full-with-film tanks (4 rolls per liter tank) and figuring that as par for the course. I don't mind useing a few or more minutes than the recomended times and keeping track of it all. Mark Rabiner