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    4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    Hi, I am just starting to get into 4x5 photography and do not have any spare boxes to send out my film for processing. Does anyone have a spare 3 piece box I could pay you shipping for? Or even buy it off you for a reasonable price... Also another question on this, when I unload the film from the holders and say I were shipping in a 3 piece box. Do I simply stack the film sheets on top of one another in the box? Does there need to be anything between them?

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    this will answer the how to part:
    http://www.largeformatphotography.in...=shipping+film

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    It would help if you post your location.

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    I am in melbourne FL, USA sorry about that

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    Quote Originally Posted by vinny View Post
    I read this forum before and it doesn't say anything about stacking the undeveloped film on top of one another? This is not an issue? It does not seem to be but I just wanted to make sure.

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    I stack my unexposed film on top of each other, emulsion facing the same way throughout (which is how it comes from the manufacturer), and have never had a problem. I suppose if you placed them in a too-large box they could slide around and cause some minor scratching, which is why you want to transport them in a box that is similar in size to the original.

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    Quote Originally Posted by go1dens4 View Post
    I read this forum before and it doesn't say anything about stacking the undeveloped film on top of one another? This is not an issue? It does not seem to be but I just wanted to make sure.
    No. it is not an issue.

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    So I got the answer about how to pack them, but no one has any spare 4x5 film boxes?

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    jon shui just posted some in the fs: section but I don't think you can access it yet. send him a PM

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    Re: 4x5 3 piece box for shipping??

    Welcome to the Large Format Forum. Please edit your profile and add your location info to your profile.

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