[pure-silver] Re: SEEKING 70MM TANK FOR MY 70MM REEL
- From: "bobkiss @caribsurf.com" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 12:30:51 -0400
DEAR TIM,
I think I mentioned that I have seven 3 1/2 gallon tanks.
CHEERS!
BOB
On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/02/2014 11:00 AM, bobkiss @caribsurf.com wrote:
>
>> DEAR LIST,
>> I have a very nice stainless 70mm reel which holds, I think, nearly
>> 20
>> feet of 70mm film. What I don't have is a stainless steel tank into
>> which I can
>> fit it to process the film. In my previous incarnation as an advertising
>> and
>> fashion photog (1974-83) in Madhatter...oopsie...Manhattan, I had a 3
>> 1/2 gallon
>> processing line set up so all I had to do was put the reel on a stainless
>> "stick" and dip and dunk in the tanks. As we say in Barbados, "dem days
>> done".
>> I could, of course, revive a few of the tanks and fill them just high
>> enough to
>> cover the reel but I thought it might be nice to find a proper tank for
>> this reel.
>> ***Lest you think that the reel is similar to a 120 reel, it is much
>> bigger,
>> measuring 6 3/4 inches in diameter (twice a 120 reel diameter) and 3
>> inches high
>> (taller than a 120 reel).
>> Sooooooooooooooooooo, by any chance does anyone know if a 70mm tank
>> exists
>> and is for sale?
>> CHEERS!
>> BOB
>>
>
>
> I check eBay. No go. You might contact Pacific Camera to see if they
> happen to have one.
>
> I open tank process everything and have for years. I find this gives me
> far
> better agitation consistency, especially with rapid oxidizing developers
> like Pyro. "Big tanks" can be had cheaply if you use Tupperware or similar
> plastic tubs:
>
> http://www.tundraware.com/Photography/Darkroom/Darkroom-14.jpg
>
>
> As an aside, where are you getting 70mm film and cartridges. I'd
> be persuaded to buy a 70mm Hassy back if there was sufficient supply
> of these.
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