Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => For Sale => Topic started by: MorganODonovan on July 11, 2010, 05:27:29 pm
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Hey All,
I don't know about all of you, but my lab in London is now charging £5.50/sheet to process my B&W 5x4 film, which is becoming very expensive.
As i love shooting this film for portraits I've been working on a way to do it in a Paterson tank. Not the TACO method but a proper work around.
I've come up with this solution-
(http://morganodonovan.com/publish/PP1.jpg)
(http://morganodonovan.com/publish/PP2.jpg)
(http://morganodonovan.com/publish/PP3.jpg)
(http://morganodonovan.com/publish/PP4.jpg)
It is working very well for me, but there are a few things to note.
Gentle agitation
Load it with 6 sheets
Load with the emulsion side in
If you would like one I've a few that I've made on ebay-
5x4 Processor Plates On Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130408607623&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT)
Any thoughts or comments,
Let me know,
Morgan