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false_Aesthetic
22-Nov-2011, 12:16
Hey,

Does/did anyone make a small ~ 5x7 paper safe?

I can't seem to find anything under ~ 8x10.

I'm purchasing 5x7 packs of Adox 110 (same emulsion number). It only comes in packs of 25. I'd rather just place 10 packs in 1 safe and pre-flash them all at once.

I know I can put them in a larger safe but . . . I'd rather have something small.
Richard Wasserman
22-Nov-2011, 12:54
What about using a 3-part film box? I bet someone on the forum has one they could spare.
Eric Woodbury
22-Nov-2011, 14:12
Never seen anything smaller than 8 x 10. We used to make them with a box with a cover. We'd cut the two back edges of the top and tape it to the bottom to make a hinge. Worked pretty well, but maybe don't take it out in the sunlight.
false_Aesthetic
22-Nov-2011, 14:47
Yeah, 5x7 boxes would work. I just like the idea of something a little more solid.

Thanks
Kevin Crisp
22-Nov-2011, 14:49
Typically the 8X10 safes come with adhesive dividers that can section off a shelf.
jm51
24-Nov-2011, 10:48
They do exist as a couple have just gone on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jessops-5-x-7-13-x-18-cm-Paper-Safes-x-2-/140637961715?pt=UK_Photography_DarkroomSupplies_SM&hash=item20beacfdf3
jm51
26-Nov-2011, 07:57
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JESSOP-7-x5-7X5-PAPERSAFE-darkroom-process-printing-prints-UNKNOWN-PAPER-/320785380235?pt=UK_Photography_DarkroomSupplies_SM&hash=item4ab04c738b

pre-flash them all at once

What does that mean?
John Kasaian
26-Nov-2011, 09:01
It wouldn't seem like a difficult thing to make out of wood.
false_Aesthetic
26-Nov-2011, 22:21
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JESSOP-7-x5-7X5-PAPERSAFE-darkroom-process-printing-prints-UNKNOWN-PAPER-/320785380235?pt=UK_Photography_DarkroomSupplies_SM&hash=item4ab04c738b

pre-flash them all at once

What does that mean?

i expose all my paper to a very little bit of light before I start printing.
Doremus Scudder
27-Nov-2011, 03:48
fA,

I pre-flash too, when needed, but I see little advantage in pre-flashing as a standard procedure.

Sure pre-flashing can help reign in the highlights, but the trade-off is a loss of contrast in the whites. Why use it all the time?

Doremus
banjo
27-Nov-2011, 13:41
what I use for 5x7 Brumberger Metal Roll Front Darkroom it has 3 slots for 8x10
& 4 for 5x7
blevblev
7-Dec-2011, 13:12
RH Designs in the UK has this gizmo that I use to flash paper.

http://www.rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/paperflasher.html