Re: [Largeformat] Unicolor drum for neg development

["Bill Gobbett" <bgobbett@sunshinecable.com>]

From: "Bill Gobbett" <bgobbett@sunshinecable.com>

Hi Dan
. . . there are even fewer daylight tanks up here in Grand Forks.
I've been using a Unicolor for years as my primary developing method. . . .
even to the extent of building a rotisserie motor rotating device.
Important stuff-
1. Prewet for about 5 minutes.
2. Rotate evenly - use your standard dilution and time as a test to start.
3. There are a lot of good ideas at the JOBO web site.
4. Your results will surprise you. The fist batch will be printable.
    (. . . no streaks, in fact better than hand dev. in a tray.)
My phone number is 250 442 8569

Bill

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>From: Don Wilkes <don.wilkes@gems9.gov.bc.ca>
>To: Largeformat@onelist.com
>Subject: [Largeformat] Unicolor drum for neg development
>Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2000, 2:56 PM
>

> From: Don Wilkes <don.wilkes@gems9.gov.bc.ca>
>
> Greetings, all...
>
> I joined this list about a week or so ago, and posted a message about using
> a Unicolor (colour print)drum for 4x5 b&w neg development. Did this message
> actually make it to the list?
>
> Until I can rebuild my darkroom to be light-tight enough for neg
> development, I'm scambling for some options. I have a very small closet in
> which I can do film loading etc, but there's no way I could develop in
> there. Hence my thoughts about having a shot at using my old colour print
> drum. I anticipate some streaking issues, so was hoping someone else out
> there had some hints, or a whole other way of tacking this problem.
> Daylight tanks for sheet film aren't exactly common out there, it seems...
>
> Cheers,
> \don wilkes, Victoria, BC, Canada
>