Developing tanks 5x7

[Thierry Schreiner]

Hi to all,

Where can I find rubber or metal tanks to develop 5x7 sheetfilm in Kodak hangers?

Or does anybody have an alternative?

Thank you in advance for your help and best regards

Thierry

[David A. Goldfarb]

I've bought most of mine second hand on eBay and from classifieds here or on APUG.org. B&H has some new ones, I think made by Cesco, and there are probably metal ones available from Arkay.

[Ole Tjugen]

Thierry, if you have the hangers I have two tanks I'm not using.

I had some 13x18cm hangers, but sold them to a lab in Germany. They didn't need the tanks though, so now they are just taking up space.

[Gene McCluney]

The fairly standard (made by several vendors) 3.5 gallon tanks that will develop 8x10 films will work just fine for 5x7. There are 2 styles of 5x7 film hangers. One type is the same overall size as an 8x10 hanger, and will hold 2 5x7 sheets. You use these just as if they are 8x10 hangers. The other style is the single 5x7 hanger. You use these in the 3.5 gallon tanks "sideways" , in other words Rotated 90 degrees so the hanger lips sit on the narrow sides of the tank ledge. Either hanger works fine. You can also use these 3.5 gallon tanks for developing 4x5 films by securing a stock of the style of 4x5 hangers that hold 4 sheets in the same overall size dimensions of a standard 8x10 hander. You do not have to fill up every slot with film in any of these multiple-sheet hangers, as each slot has its own retaining clip.

Here is a brand new Cesco 3.5 gallon tank at Calumet: http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/CS7320/

Just for an idea of what one looks like.