sa11
26-Dec-2009, 11:33
Hello
I just purchased a unicolor 11x14 print drum and roller to develop my 8x10 HP5 sheets. The development looks great and even, but I am getting long scratches that run up my 8x10 sheets in the direction of the ridges on the sides of my drums. They certainly appear to be from the drum as they tend to be evenly spaced and run the long way up my negatives.
I have been loading the film with the emulsion side facing in. The scratches are on the non-emulsion side. I have been developing both one sheet of film and two sheets of film in the 11x14 tank. When I load the negatives and take them out I slide the film sheet into the two grooves on either side of the drum and let it slide down into the tank. When removing the film I grip the top of the negative carefully and pull up. Sometimes it gets caught at the top in which case I have to wiggle the negative around a little to get it out.
Has anyone else had their negatives scratched by their unicolor drums? If so, what did you do? Obviously the big advantage supposedly of using this system is that one would not get scratched negatives.
Thanks a lot for your reponse!
Regards.
Scott
I just purchased a unicolor 11x14 print drum and roller to develop my 8x10 HP5 sheets. The development looks great and even, but I am getting long scratches that run up my 8x10 sheets in the direction of the ridges on the sides of my drums. They certainly appear to be from the drum as they tend to be evenly spaced and run the long way up my negatives.
I have been loading the film with the emulsion side facing in. The scratches are on the non-emulsion side. I have been developing both one sheet of film and two sheets of film in the 11x14 tank. When I load the negatives and take them out I slide the film sheet into the two grooves on either side of the drum and let it slide down into the tank. When removing the film I grip the top of the negative carefully and pull up. Sometimes it gets caught at the top in which case I have to wiggle the negative around a little to get it out.
Has anyone else had their negatives scratched by their unicolor drums? If so, what did you do? Obviously the big advantage supposedly of using this system is that one would not get scratched negatives.
Thanks a lot for your reponse!
Regards.
Scott