[largeformat] Morse Developing tanks

[LNPhoto]

<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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