Re: 70MM Development

[Edward Meyers <aghalide@xxxxxxxxx>]

yes, Bob Erickson did it with  plastic reels. Pattersen, I think. Ed
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Steve Shapiro wrote:

> Anybody have experience converting 8 35mm reels to one 8" reel?
> 
> SS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Miller,EMW <cmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: 70MM Development
> 
> 
> Hi Group -
> 
> I had this problem, too, when I switched to inversion agitation from rotary
> a couple of years ago.  I did a lot of testing until I found the very simple
> culprit: pistoning of the reel inside the tank.  I now have a variety of
> plastic jar lids that I place inside the tank to take up the slop.  Since I
> have  5 or 6 tanks of varying capacity from 2 reel to 12 reel and I use a
> variety of combinations of film size, I have a variety of sizes of lids.
> 
> Curt
> 
> >
> >>I have started shooting 70mm Tri-X in 5 meter rolls. I have a Nikkor
> >>tank and reel. Using the same agitation as with 120 in normal tanks
> >>which works fine (3 inversions every 30 seconds), I get uneven edge
> >>development, i.e. denser and contrastier edges. If I cut back to 2
> >>inversions, that problem almost completely disappears, but I'm now
> >>getting uneven development in open areas, i.e. blotchy skies. Other
> >>than A.not using 70mm and B. not shooting skies, does anybody have any
> >>suggestions?
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