RE: New HSI

["George L Smyth" <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Clive Warren
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:30 AM
> To: infrared@xxxxx
> Subject: RE: New HSI
>
>
> At 6:34 am -0500 18/11/99, George L Smyth wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Ben
> >> Kreunen
> >>
> >> Very interesting... sounds like it may require deep tank
> >> processing so that
> >> you can use frames to hold the corners... or tray processing,
> but I hate
> >> that because it's easy to scratch the film. If the pinholes are gone I
> >> think it will be worth the effort to find a way to handle it.
> >
> >I use tube processing, which should continue to work just fine.
> Using BTZS
> >tubes keeps this inexpensive, while giving me all of the advantages.
> >
> >george
> >
>
>
> George,
>
> How does the BTZS tube processor differ from the Jobo tanks in
> terms of how
> 4x5 HSI is held in place - does it have reels?

No, it is simply a tube with a cap.  You can either purchase them
commercially, or you can make them yourself (directions are in Phil Davis'
book Beyond The Zone System).

Here's a link that'll give you more information.  I've been using a pair of
them for years (you don't have to have six tubes, or the tank).
http://www.darkroom-innovations.com/BTZS_Film_Tubes/FIlm_Tube_Instructions/f
ilm_tube_instructions.html

george

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