Jock Sturges / film development

[joel_brown2]

I had heard that Jock Sturges will shoot up to 1,500 negs during

a summer on the beaches of France. Does anyone know his

developing technique for so much film?

Joel

[vetle_roeim]

one or more lucky assistants.

[john_sarsgard1]

In the workshop I took from Jock at Palm Beach, he described it in

detail and demonstrated...to the extent you can in the dark! Tri-X

8x10 negs, 16-20 at a time, in 8x10 trays, conventional "shuffling"

technique, HC110. He also uses lots of photoflo! in the developer to

prevent scratches. And although his assistants print under his

supervision, he develops every one of his own negatives. I strongly

recommend him as a workshop teacher.

[joel_brown2]

Thanks John, I had never heard of adding photo flow to

developer. That must really make the film slippery and hard to

handle. I can't imagine shuffling 8x10 film in an 8x10 tray.

Joel

[psychophoto]

I'm rather interested in the use of Photo-Flo in the developer to

help prevent scratches. I've gotten pretty good at shuffling 8x10

film, but occasionally do a batch where I swear I scratch every

last sheet in the most critical part of the negative. Has anyone

here done this? How much harder does it make handling the

film? Also, what kind of adjustment needs to be made to the

development times? Thanks for any info anyone can offer.

[john_hicks___]

I've added Edwal LFN to developer to prevent foaming; it worked fine and didn't cause any problems.

 

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No idea how it'd do with sheet films in a tray, but I'd be more inclined to use it than Photo-Flo.