Need box/tent to load 4x5 film

[many]

Greetings to everyone.
I am new in here i hope I am posting on the right place.

I need a changing tent or large box-bag for loading 4x5 film.
Any of you have experience with the Chinese options popular at ebay?
I saw some old Harrison, too, but they are too old and may not hold much longer.
Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks

[Tin Can]

Seal off a bathroom or closet

I hate those bags

[many]

At home I have a room.
I need it for travel, something light and easy to carry.
But thanks for the suggestion.

[nitroplait]

Put a cardboard box into a large changing bag. It works for me.

[LabRat]

Put a cardboard box into a large changing bag. It works for me.

Did this on some commercial shoots, but noticed some debris in changing bag after box was removed... Will the debris end up on film???

Evolved for me to adapt one of those wire file hanging racks from a file cabinet drawer... The pointy ends were made dull to prevent damaging bag... They collapse flat, and there is more room in the bag as the supports are slender, and the right size for a large bag... I can load 8X10 easily in mine...

Steve K

[SergeyT]

Did this on some commercial shoots, but noticed some debris in changing bag after box was removed... Will the debris end up on film???

Evolved for me to adapt one of those wire file hanging racks from a file cabinet drawer... The pointy ends were made dull to prevent damaging bag... They collapse flat, and there is more room in the bag as the supports are slender, and the right size for a large bag... I can load 8X10 easily in mine...

Steve K

This could be a continuation of evolution : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N2380FY...xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
Size may vary

[many]

This could be a continuation of evolution : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N2380FY...xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
Size may vary

What a wonderful suggestion. I like how the evolution is turning out. If I could sew, I will definitively follow this route by making a large bag matching the convenience of the bag with the hollowness of a tent. Thanks.

[nitroplait]

Did this on some commercial shoots, but noticed some debris in changing bag after box was removed... Will the debris end up on film???
Steve K

It is a good point. It may, although I haven't experienced it.
I use a glossy coated box (some electronic device came in it) and taped the cut edges where debris would potentially come from. It folds flat so it is easily portable, but I only use it at home.

[Dave Ogle]

great idea

[John Layton]

Niels the box-in-the-bag idea (for use when traveling) is great! Will try this!

Otherwise, when I'm traveling and staying in at least occasional hotel rooms, I'll seal off a bathroom door with black tape which I buy cheap (because I use lots) from our local Job Lots store. Sometimes I'll also use a rolled up towel (or my dark cloth if the towel is not enough) under the door because that area is often difficult to seal with tape alone.

Another good use of a dark cloth is to use it to seal off a window. I'll usually bring a plastic 35mm film can of push pins which I can use to affix the dark cloth around a wooden window frame, placing these along the top and sides for two reasons...that this is more effective than running them across the faces of these frames, plus the little holes this creates won't be as visible to hotel staff! But sometimes the pins alone are not enough and I'll need to supplement with a bit of tape. Just be really careful not to peel off any wall paint!

But the thing about hotel bathrooms aside from needing to pre-clean flat working surfaces are various sources of light which might not be noticed until its too late. Things like florescent fixtures which glow after they're shut off...small blinking lights on smoke detectors...and/or (more typically in the case of "cheap" hotels) - light coming through utility holes (like for pipes and wires) in the walls.

So its always best, after "sealing off" an unfamiliar space...to wait for a bit - before unwrapping your precious film - to let your eyes adapt to the the dark to see if the dark is truly dark!