In the Footsteps of Atget

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Very nice, well done. I agree on the old with the new.

[dodphotography]

Slowly working my way through the negatives.

I process my film one sheet at a time in a converted Paterson Orbital Tank. It’s slow but I enjoy the precision of the process and it’s fool proof. While I’m capable of tray processing my think hands always find a way to stumble somewhere in the process and I’ll scratch a neg (or three).


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[dodphotography]

One of the few examples where I didn’t quiet like the way Atget managed this scene.




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[peter schrager]

I use tray because I can develop by inspection so..talk about foolproof...thanks for sharing!

[dodphotography]

I use tray because I can develop by inspection so..talk about foolproof...thanks for sharing!

I just have butter fingers and will scratch a negative at like the last 5 seconds of development. No matter how many times I develop something wonky happens.


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[CreationBear]

Out of curiosity, how are you using your Orbital? I just picked one up as a "daylight" option for 4x5/5x7 after my community darkroom went tango uniform on me. I don't have the motorized base, so my initial thought was to use it as a kind of slosher tank in a water bath with 400 mil or so of dilute Pyrocat HD. Any insights appreciated--"foolproof" is what I'm looking for at this stage of the game.

[dodphotography]

Out of curiosity, how are you using your Orbital? I just picked one up as a "daylight" option for 4x5/5x7 after my community darkroom went tango uniform on me. I don't have the motorized base, so my initial thought was to use it as a kind of slosher tank in a water bath with 400 mil or so of dilute Pyrocat HD. Any insights appreciated--"foolproof" is what I'm looking for at this stage of the game.

Used a dremel to remove the “wings” on the top piece.

Then added beads of epoxy to keep the film off the bottom , from sticking.

500ml of liquid.

I develop by sort rocking all 4 corners as my means of agitation, by hand.




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[CreationBear]

Excellent, thanks--I've put self-adhesive acrylic domes on the bottom of the tank but haven't removed the fins yet (I think the jury's out on whether that's a must for a semi-stand approach.)

Glad to see you're getting great results!

[dodphotography]

Excellent, thanks--I've put self-adhesive acrylic domes on the bottom of the tank but haven't removed the fins yet (I think the jury's out on whether that's a must for a semi-stand approach.)

Glad to see you're getting great results!

I didn’t remove them at first and they ruined the first sheet I developed.


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[CreationBear]

That's good to know (though hopefully it was a "diagnostic" negative that got sacrificed!) I might err on the side of caution and go ahead and remove them from mine--one less thing to run down when the (inevitable) processing gremlins appear.