[largeformat] Morse Developing tanks
Jim Hemenway
jim at hemenway.com
Sun Feb 20 15:22:58 EST 2005
Well, silly me. I didn't know that you were an author! :-)
When will it be available for purchase?
Jim
LNPhoto wrote:
> <big smile> I momentarily forgot that this was a USERS group. The
> question has much less to do with practicality than it existence.
>
> When I want to process my 4x5 film I've got Yankee tanks, HP Combi tanks
> and even an 8x10 sink line with nitro, dual quads and a hemi.
>
> The real reason for the question is that I'm working on a chapter of my
> book and wanted to give a review of what's out there to process 4x5 film
> in. In the article, I've run through trays, Yankee Agitanks, FR tanks,
> HP Ccombi tanks, Nikkor Reels, Kodak tanks and hangers, and am working
> up to the hobbist model Jobos.
>
> I have one of these 5x7 models and when I bought it, thought it was for
> 4x5. I actually thought they were ALL 4x5 size. When it arrived I
> realized this thing is REALLY BIG!, really too big for a beginner
> photographer with his first Speed Graphic.
>
> Les
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>
>> I don't know Les as I haven't heard about this system before. But for
>> 4x5, why not try a Nikor 4x5 stainless tank. They show up on ebay now
>> and then, although I don't see any now.
>>
>> Or, one of these on ebay:
>>
>> 3875175315
>> 3874299962
>> 3873221305
>>
>> I have one of these which I use occasionally for quick E-6 work.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> LNPhoto wrote:
>>
>>> While things are both cold and ugly out there I thought I throw this
>>> out to the group most likely to know...
>>> Morse was a company that made many things for the US Government
>>> during WWII and the Korean War.
>>> On of their more interesting items is a large daylight tank for 5x7
>>> film. Officially called the Model 507 it had a light trap in the
>>> bottom. You loaded the film on 5x7 hangers closed the lid and then
>>> you could process your film in 8x10 deep tanks (3.5 gallon) with the
>>> lights on.
>>> And while one could certainly process 4x5 film on 4x5 hangers or 2 up
>>> 4x5/5x7 hangers, I was wondering if anybody knows if they made a 4x5
>>> version of this beast. Watching ebay has only produced confused
>>> results. Some say theirs only did 4x5, but they could have been
>>> saying that because that's the hangers that came with it.
>>> Les
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