[Frameworks] "New" lomo tank filling with 16mm film

[christopher nigel]

Only thing is Frank , Theses tanks are not cheap or easy to find ,
I do the same as Ethan filled the tank through the drain hose using a
funnel at the end of the hose / works well for me .

Christopher

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 4:17 PM Super8 Reversal Lab <post at super8.nl> wrote:
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> What I do is that I use multiple tanks next to each other. Every tank has 1 chemistry. I start and lift the top of tank 1, place the spiral inside, close the top and start agitating. When the time is up, I lift the top, take out the spiral and so on and so on. I do not fill/empty each tank, but leave them full. That works much quicker, there is less chemistry waist, you can wash the film far better and some more benefits...
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> Frank
> Den Haag
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> Op 09-03-2022 11:00 heeft Frameworks namens Ugo Bo <frameworks-bounces at film-gallery.org namens ugobodibra at gmail.com> geschreven:
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>     Hallo everybody
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>     I've been happily using a 50ft Lomo tank for years, mine is the "old"
>     model (UPB-1 - version 1). Now a friends of mine bought the "new"
>     model (UPB-1A or version 2) and I'm teaching him how to use it.
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>     As some of you probably now, the "new" one has a lower body than the
>     "old" one (70mm against 78mm, here's the difference explained:
>     https://sites.google.com/site/olexserviceskinor/processing-of-a-cine-film-in-home-laboratory/spiral-processing-tanks/upb-1-upb-1a-spiral-tanks?authuser=0).
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>     In the past I processed only super8 also with a "new" model, and it
>     worked fine, but now, processing 16mm, I realized that a problem
>     arises: the "new" one leaves a very tiny room for liquid to pass, so
>     it takes a very long time to fill the tank, a problem that I never
>     experienced with my "old" one. Long filling time makes developement
>     uneven.
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>     When processing 2 x 16mm the problem is even worse: the gap is really
>     thin, liquid takes ages to enter, and is also impossible to move the
>     spiral up and down (my way of agitation).
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>     I thought of filling the tank first with liquid, and then dropping the
>     spiral in the dark in the liquid, but is quite an hassle.
>
>     Did you have the same issue? And what's your trick?
>
>     Best
>     Livio
>
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