From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 12/15/02-04:39:30 PM Z
Just a comment on the on/off topic stuff, inasmuch as I've held my tongue
thus far. To wit: This is no more off-topic than Bear Mountain is outside
New York state. You can't make alt prints w/o negatives. This is about
making negatives. Quod erat demonstrandum. -jb
At 02:08 PM 12/15/2002 -0500, Steve Bell wrote:
>I don't know if this is absolutely on topic, but i'm sure a lot of you
>might be able to give me some advice. i think i sent out a message about
>how i acquired a 4x5 field camera. since i got it i've been developing the
>negatives in trays in my bathroom, and i'm wondering if there might be an
>easier way. processing 35mm is so easy because i can turn on the lights
>when it's loaded, but with 4x5 i have two trays on the counter and one on
>the toilet and i have to kind of get used to maneuvering wierdly in the
>pitch black bathroom (i know, if you had night vision goggles and spent
>some time with me, you'd probably laugh your asses off).
>
>so, what are 4x5 developing tanks? are they the same type of thing as the
>canister for 35mm? can i load the film and then turn on the lights and
>develop? should i just stick with the trays? i'm building a darkroom, and
>it should be finished sometime soon, but for now, any suggestions?
>
>thanks,
>
>Steve
>
>
>--- Steve Bell
>--- Veracity000@earthlink.net
>--- "We have...become our own thought police; but instead of calling the
>process by which we limit our own expression of
> dissent and wonder 'censorship', we call it 'concern for commercial
>viability'." -David Mamet
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