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Ed Sandifer
10-Jun-2005, 18:48
damaging the emulsion? I sometimes have trouble getting hold of the corners of my 8x10 sheet film to lift it out. I have scratched several sheets in one of the upper corners with the opposing edge of the film. Does anyone have a good routine they use? Tweezers? Many thanks!

Richard Wasserman
10-Jun-2005, 18:53
Ed,
I use forceps. They grip very securely and I can easily hold just the very corner of the negative.

Richard

lee\c
10-Jun-2005, 18:57
I fill the tank full of water and then the film sorta floats off the sides

leec

Dave Moeller
10-Jun-2005, 20:15
Lee's trick has worked for me for a long time...let the water do the work.

fishfish
10-Jun-2005, 21:10
I fill the tank with water, and with gloved hands (cheap surgical gloves), I roll the top part of the film away from the tube edge, and slide it up. Never scratched one out of 1200+ sheets.

Andre Noble
12-Jun-2005, 08:21
Jobo sheet film clip.

Ed Sandifer
12-Jun-2005, 10:23
OK, thanks guys! I have a dry darkroom (no running water) and can't fill the tank so I bought some forceps yesterday. The Efke 100 film I use seems to have a fragile emulsion. Ed

Donald Qualls
12-Jun-2005, 16:41
"The Efke 100 film I use seems to have a fragile emulsion."

And that is probably the understatement of the week.

Efke films are widely known for having very, very soft emulsion.

Claude Eichel
13-Jun-2005, 05:25
Ed with Efke sheet films you should use a hardening fixer and if possible fill the expert drum with water.

Claude