In article <44vhnu$b75@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, biltroop@ix.netcom.com says...
>Guillermo Penate wrote:
>>>I aksed last week and didn't get much help, so I'll try this again.
>>>Has anyone used Dayight Sheet Film Development tanks before? I want >>>to develope 4x5 sheets on the road with only a changing back at my >>>disposal.
-----These are hard to find when you want them, but I like the Nikor
-----4x5 daylight tank - 12 sheets in a little more than a quart, with
-----very even development IF you lower the rack into the filled tank,
-----and IF you roll it continuously for the first 2 min. or so.
-----Cheap second choice (but not water-tight) is the Yankee for about
-----$35 new (the Nikor will run $50-$100 used).
-----Neither of these choices would be good in a changing bag, unless
-----it is awefully large, and has tent poles or something......
-----In a bag, I would probably use the Combi or Jobo.
>>>Which systems are any good? -Nikor, Jobo, Yankee, Combi.
>>>Do the tanks scratch your film? -Not with practice, care, and maybe a little smoothing of rough edges.
>>>How easy are they to load? -All easy, with practice.
>>>How do you agitate them? -Yankee cannot be inverted, rest can -
Jobo and Nikor can be rolled, also.
>>>Are they often light-tight? -All the above are.
>>>Are they good for infrared film? -Yes.
>>>How does using a daylight sheet film system, and the method of >>>agitation used with them, effect your development times? -The expected ways: continuous agitation will shorten dev. time relative to intermittant agitation.
Hope this helps.