[Largeformat] Photo 101 - Class 24 - BTZS

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Joshua's BTZS-type tubes are a great boon to processing B&W sheet
film 
in regualar daylight and many LF artists use them to make perfectly 
processed negatives.
His writings and pictures he posted before show you the product very 
well.
Being cheap and cheerful, you can't beat it, and your hands don't
have 
to touch any chemistry !

Jobo makes Expert Drums for sheetfilm.  Fairly large tanks, that 
resemble a revolver chamber (patented idea, so dont even think about 
it).  You can process 5 - 10 sheets of film at a time depending on
the 
model drum.

In those Expert Drums, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 film is processed to 
perfection.  I use them a lot, mostly for E6 chrome processing and it 
is remarkable how good a chrome can look when processed well... I
dont 
bracket anymore either because it is so consistent.

Drums are a bit pricy around $200-250 street price so you got to do a 
lot to get some mileage out of your hard earned money. For B&W work 
you dont need the whole Jobo CPA or CPP processor because you can
roll 
the Expert tank on the countertop.

If you do a few sheets of B&W a week, use the BTZS-type system, you 
can't loose.

Tigershark