Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, The curling of negatives during the drying process is quite normal. It is accentuated by heat drying where the emulsion and film base dry at different rates. Once dry, with time, the negatives will "relax". You can help this by storing them between book pages, as you say, after placing them in glassine sleeves. It is not necessary to press them heavily. My 35 and MF negatives are stored in archival pages (polypropylene) in a ring-binder. 4x5 in a box without the benefit of pressing them. Eventually they flatten normally. Joe - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feliciano di Giorgio" <feli@d2.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:35 PM Subject: [Leica] Keeping film flat > I'm having trouble keeping my negatives from bowing when they dry. > The fixer I'm using has a hardener. Any suggestions? Once they are dry, > should I just stick them under a few heavy books to flatten them? > > thanks, > > feli > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html