Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan wrote: I use both > of those films [Tri-X and HP 5 Plus], and if I put a clothespin on the bottom of the strips when I > hang them, both dry straight and flat!> > This is a matter of great interest. I've always had trouble, in this very dry climate, with 135 film drying curled -- trying to make a long tube of itself. I've tried weighting the bottom of the strip (much heavier that a closthespin), I've tried drying in a pre-heated bathroom, and the get the same result. Not a difference, and semi-tubed. It is SOP with me the flatten my vinyl negative sleeves under weights, for weeks. I know of no alternative. Suggestions welcomed. I have no trouble with 120 film, only 135. I've never shot HP5Plus, but as a coincidence I just bought some (read that it pushes well, and want to compare with TMZ at 1600). If, indeed, it dries flatter than Tri-X, I shall go public with that news. I suspect that you, Dan, live in a more moist part of the world than I do, the Northern Rockies. - -- Paul Arnold