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    best 4x5 developing tank

    Hi to all of you dear friends.
    Ive recently took up LF and fell in love with it. Im trying do do some home development since where I live no one does it. Can you kindly suggest what whoud be the best tank to buy and wher shall I search for them?
    or any of you would like to get rid of one uneused or spare?
    my regards,

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    By tank I take it you don't mean to process in trays but if you do want to process in trays, the best developer tray is a Pyrex glass bread pan. The perfect depth and shape.
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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    I am assuming that you are referring to a daylight developing tank for 4X5 sheet film.

    There was a Combi-Plan tank outfit for sale on this forum on Feb.22. Not sure whether, or not, it has been sold.

    The HP Combi-Plan tank is a good daylight developing tank for sheet film. The price that the seller was asking was reasonable.

    Scroll back on the "for sale" section of this forum.

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    Nikor tank works for me,
    but not for everybody-

    I didn't like the combi tank at all-

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    The Jobo Expert drums, 3010 or 3006 for 4x5, are excellent but expensive.

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    Best for me. Not everyone will agree.

    Jobo 2551/2553 tank, 2509 or 2509n reel, Uniroller or Beseler motor base
    Jobo 3010, Uniroller or Beseler motor base

    I have both. If I had to pick one to keep, it would be the Jobo 3010.

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    Among daylight tanks, I like the Nikor sheet film tank, if you can find one at a reasonable price (typically around $130, but I've seen them go for $250).

    It's good to learn to develop in trays, which will work with any format, if you decide to try other things down the road.

    Deep tanks and hangers are also convenient, if you process enough film to justify maintaining a tank line and have a dark place to set them up.

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    I really like the BTZS tubes because of their economy of chemicals (2 ounces) and temperature stability ( they are floated in a water bath). Many don't care for them because of the film "sticking" to the tube walls but I use a fine TEFLON mesh cut to fit the tube and it allows the chemicals to reach the back of the film. Prior to the tubes I always used tray processing and, aside from having to work in the dark, I was satisfied with the process.

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    Grateful to all of you
    your ideas really help me., Ive got something to think about and choose from,
    I ve heard that the orbital tanks are realy economical, however, hard to find.

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    Re: best 4x5 developing tank

    I like the narrow one gallon stainless 8x10 tanks. It fits all three most common sheet film sizes. It doesn't require 3 1/2 gallons of liquids - just one gallon. It can use "4 up" 4x5 hangers, "2 up" 5x7 hangers and the conventional 8x10 hangers.

    Best,

    C

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