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    Re: Best easy to use tank for developing 4x5 sheets

    I still like the simple Unicolor drum which takes 4 sheets
    Cheers Shane

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    Re: Best easy to use tank for developing 4x5 sheets

    Combiplan is for me the easiest!

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    Re: Best easy to use tank for developing 4x5 sheets

    I'm a happy MOD54 user - really easy to use and use it in daylight without problems.

    I used to use a Combiplan which gave great results but I needed a dark darkroom to use it and got fed up with film processing through untill the small hours of the night.

    Martin

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    Re: Best easy to use tank for developing 4x5 sheets

    Quote Originally Posted by Rich14 View Post
    I use the "taco method" in which one folds a sheet of 4x5 into a tube along the short axis, emulsion in, and secures it with an elastic band, leaving the two edges almost touching.
    So how do you clear the anti-halation coating from the back of the film under the rubber band?

    - Leigh
    If you believe you can, or you believe you can't... you're right.

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    Re: Best easy to use tank for developing 4x5 sheets

    I use toy IR googles. Has IR LED illumination built in.DOESN'T HURT COLOR OR BLACK AND WHITE FILM. I have Every Jobo Expert drum 3005, 3006, 3010. I also have the 2509n reels. The reels are impossible for me to load without the goggles.
    I've been using these goggles for about 4 years now. I love them. Takes A BIT OF GETTING USED TO THE GOOGLES. I bungee strap them to my head, you can see perfectly but very narrow angle of view, shallow depth of field, focusing is no problem, and because only one camera in goggles, no stereo vision, i.e. no depth perception.
    Having said that I can load a 2509n reel in 3 to 4 minutes, ZERO failure rate. I like washing the film on the reel. Still the Expert tanks are a Godsend if you have the resources.
    My goggles are SpyNet night vision goggles made by Jakks Pacific. Cost is 50 to 60 USD.
    Best Regards Mike

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