Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Development question - solution level in horizontal tanks
From: Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 12:46:36 -0700

David M. Dorn wrote:

> Am I correct in assuming that the tank, when in the horizontal 
> position, must be filled to the level  of  reel's center core.

Yes.  Chemicals won't come in contact with all of film otherwise.

> If this is true the using a five reel Paterson to develop 1 roll would 
> require much more solution than necessary.

Yes.  That's the price of convenience.  On the other hand, once you've 
established your development times, you'd never run it with less than 
five rolls of film.

M.

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