I recently found 2 35mm Film Processing Canisters with 4 reels. One canister will hold 4 rolls of film & the other 2 rolls. Does anyone out there still process their own film and want this equipment? If so, PM me with an offer. Please consider shipping cost in your offer.
These are good ones, the plastic lids don't jam like the steel lids on Nikor or Honeywell.
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
Nice! These are the Omega version of the classic Nikor SS tanks and reels. If I didn’t have a shelf full of them, I’d be all over this offer. And for anyone shooting film, these, plus a timer (your phone will do), a thermometer, and chemicals are all you need to get started developing your own film
Add a really dark closet or a changing bag and you're good to go.
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
quixdraw wrote:
Add a really dark closet or a changing bag and you're good to go.
Yep, and some SS film clips are nice for drying (and I agree about the rubber or plastic tops instead of SS)
TriX wrote:
Yep, and some SS film clips are nice for drying (and I agree about the rubber or plastic tops instead of SS)
When I was a starving young photographer, spring clothes pins. Plastic was better since it doesn't it didn't absorb any chemicals. Used to hang film in the shower stall, curtain closed!
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
quixdraw wrote:
When I was a starving young photographer, spring clothes pins. Plastic was better since it doesn't it didn't absorb any chemicals. Used to hang film in the shower stall, curtain closed!
Yep, me too! And I remember exposing color reversal film to a #2 photoflood in my family’s kitchen . I used to develop in my bedroom closet until I joined a local photo club that had a real darkroom.
Only drawback to the plastic was if you had an overly aggressive student/intern/disgruntled person that didn't align the top with the tank and jammed the inner ring. It would still work but over time you'd have some leakage because it would keep getting caught. Looking at the reels I never could get the hang of the plastic "self loader" things. Easiest reels we ever used were made by King Concept for their Imagemaker E-6/C-41 processers. It had a "spike/peg" at the base of the reel where you'd catch the sprockets and then just load away. Easiest reel to teach loading film with. It really came in handy when you had a rush job and you needed to process two rolls to a reel.
Those bring back memories.
I could never get the hang of loading 36 exposure rolls. Always seemed to get the film touching somewhere on the roll and lost a couple of shots. I standardized on 24 exposure where there was more space between layers.
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
n4jee wrote:
I could never get the hang of loading 36 exposure rolls. Always seemed to get the film touching somewhere on the roll and lost a couple of shots. I standardized on 24 exposure where there was more space between layers.
yeah, i had that trouble also......kept mine shorter also.....
Hello Rusty Lens
I could use this equipment. Would an offer of fifty dollars be sufficient? phaleonopsis (Rusty Engle)
I used to process 2 rolls of Tri-X back to back on one reel. That way I processed 4 rolls in a two roll. tank or eight in a 4 reel tank.
My "fav" was loading 220 - for those who remember that far back. Still have some reels and a tank - but it might take a month to dig them out from the back of the garage.
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