I'm confused. I keep hearing that it is easy to get uneven developement with she et film using tanks, and that tubes are the way to go. My experience with 4x5 fo rmat was in school, where there were metal tanks with automatic agitation. We pu t the film on metal hangers, then set them into the tanks for allotted time. The agitation was set to appropriate times. Never a problem. Now that I will be dev eloping at home, I don't want my work to be ruined by uneven developing. My ques tion that I submitted the other day about Arca Swiss cameras included a concern about uneven developement with 4x5, and the responses questioned my concern. It is because of what I read in this Darkroom section. I don't know anything about tubes except to see a picture of the Jobo ones in the Abbey catalogue. When I ca lled for info, the person was short with his answer, not very helpful, and I fel t like I was bothering him. This is par for the course with Abbey camera!!!! Not a very helpful bunch. On the other hand Jerry from Le Camera seems to welcome q uestions, but I did only speak with him once. Anyway, everyone says tanks use to much chemistry, too, so please can you tell me about these tubes. I don't want to develope in open trays. I can see a concern for scratched negs using this met hod. Thank you, Raven
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