[rollei_list] Re: New to the list
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:12:32 -0400
I have Patterson tanks for roll film and a Nikor SS sheet film tank.
The sheet film tank has the rep of being the best you can get. Though
comparing roll film to sheet film is to compare apples to oranges
relative to development, I prefer the Patterson to the Nikor hands
down. It handles much more quickly and efficiently. But for a sheet
film tank, the Nikor does a good job and is efficient with chemistry
and is compact and sturdy.
Eric Goldstein
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On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Richard Knoppow
<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is nothing wrong with Patterson tanks. I prefer tanks that can be
> inverted for agitation. My introduction to tanks was the old Yankee plastic
> tank where the film was pushed into the reel. That is sometimes difficult
> and I didn't know the trick of truncating the corners of the film which
> prevents it from catching as you push it. FR and other tanks have an
> oscillating side so that the tank works the film onto the reel, very easy to
> load. However, I am convinced that the "swirling" type agitation is not as
> effective as inversion.
> Some SS tanks were very cheaply made of soft material and are easily
> bent. I think these were all off brand knock offs of the original Nikor
> tanks, they are to be avoided.
> I mostly have ancient Nikor tanks. The caviet about them, and probably
> all SS tanks, is that the lids and caps were individually fitted. Not all
> lids will fit tightly on all tanks and not all filler caps will fit on all
> lids. Some will not even go on at all and, if either is loose, the tank
> leaks badly. Its hard to buy them sight unseen because you may be getting
> mixed parts.
> There are tricks to loading all tanks, the truncated corner trick also
> works for SS type tanks even though the film is wound on, not pushed in. For
> some reason trimming the corners helps to prevent the film from kinking at
> the core. Note that different makes of SS reels have different styles of
> clips and some 35mm reels do not have or need clips.
> As Eric says tanks go for a song these days and you don't even have to
> sing well.
>
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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