We know that 35mm and MF 120 roll film seems to never get flat, at least B&W. Some processed slide film 120 does seem flat yet very flexible.
It occurs to me we spend a lot of time rolling up film and paper and then try to make it flat again. At least we write about it all time.
I try and keep my film flat before, during and after processing. Then hope it stays flat, very flat. Often so flat it slides away when placed on a scanner. Bent film does not do that.
The only film I bend is 2x3 sheet film in Honeywell developing cans with the waffle device. The film warps from wet bending, but since it is small it flattens fairly well and a glass carrier obviously does the trick, by forcing it flat.
4x5 to 11x14 films I no longer bend or roll and they stay flat during processing, scanning or enlarging.
I want to know how taco method and tube users are getting along. Does your film flatten out or does it gain a permanent memory bend? What do you do if it does?
Ah, I forgot drum scanners, which wet mount inside a tube or drum, perhaps nobody cares if they are drum scanning?
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