Traveling with exposed sheet film

[dick_silven1]

Has anyone found a better solution to the problem of traveling with exposed B&W 4x5 negs which are to have different development (N-,N,N+,N++,etc) than to bring along an empty film box for each different development? The bother is complicated further when one is using several different films on the trip.

[corey_allen1]

I primarily shoot color film and ussually do not run into this problem, but I do know someone who has a different system to you. He has traveled through europe with both 4X5 and 8X10 and what he does is upon exposing his film he fills out a data sheet. All the important info then in a dark bathroom or whatever he takes his film out of holder and puts it into a box, he then puts the data sheet on top of the film and lays his next sheet of film on top of that and so on and so on.

This system seems logical to me.

good luck

[scott_f._feighner]

I use a variation of the Bruce Barnbaum "put them in a box" method. Instead of putting the negatives in a single sheet-film box divided by spacers, I carry with me FOUR film boxes. Marked N, N+1, N+2, and N-1. After each exposure, I write the technical info, including development requirements, on masking tape I've placed on each film holder. Then, when I have a moment, I transfer each sheet, using a changing bag or a dark-room, into the correct box. This way I don't have to worry about incorrect development times because I mis-filed an exposed sheet of film. Granted, it is a little cumbersome carrying around the additional boxes, BUT,....think of the alternative

[atul_sharma]

How would you guys manage 4x5 colour transparency film , considering one brackets, in similar situations aside from using Quickload.

[peter_kowalchuk]

I like the box with the dividers, but have also used a different technique that might be good if you don't want to take the chanc of mis-filing. Go get two sizes of manila envelopes -- one just a bit larger than your file size, the other a bit larger than the first. Then wrap them entirely with gaffers tape or duct tape. Your negs go into the smaller envelop which then goes into the larger one with the opening end in first. I don't know about the long term effects of this on film, but I use this as only short term storage and have never experienced problems. I use tabs -- again made from duct tape -- to identify the different processing modes.

 

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This doesn't take a lot of room when traveling and allows you to hold a lot of exposed film. I also use poly sleeves for each sheet of film to prevent scuffing. I've been able to store much more than 100 sheets in the different envelopes without a worry about misfiling.

 

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Peter