Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i found that with my possibly excessively energetic agitation method, more and 5 rolls ended up with occasional streakiness in the end rolls. i gradually settled doing 5 rolls in 2 tanks at the same time. as i used xtol 1+3, the times were long enough to allow filling and agitating 2 tanks one after the other. one suggestion i can offer is to keep track of the negs after processing in terms of position in the tank (bottom roll, 2nd roll, etc up to top roll). that way, if you do notice any systematic increases in contast, or streaking, you might be able to see if it is the position in the stack (thereby indicating the stack may bee too tall). -rei On Jun17 17:45, Ric Carter wrote: > Ball-- > > I used to double up rolls back to back on reels also. > > That was on steel reels, and never had a problem. Start them together > and give yourself plenty of pull out of the cassette before winding. > > May be helpful in times of heavy load. > > ric > > > > On Jun 17, 2007, at 5:36 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: > > >Since all of my processing calls for dilute developers > >(nothing stronger than D-76 1:1) and times longer than > >11 mins, the consensus seems to be that I'll be OK > >using an 8 reel tank for my B&W stuff- > > > >Many Thanks for all the responses > > > > > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > >______________ > >Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your > >story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > >http://sims.yahoo.com/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey