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Hello all,<br>

<p>I recently acquired a couple of old Paterson System 4 tanks (part

of my Omega enlarger purchase). The enlarger was great but I was

disappointed to find tiny hairline cracks on the bottom of both

tanks. The reels were in good shape but is there any way to repair

the tanks? I initially thought of super glue but can that co-exist

with the various chemicals that will be poured into the tank? Is

epoxy glue more compatible? Or should I just throw the bloody things

in the trash?</p>

<p>Thanks for your replies!</p>

Rajiv.

D76 it will be!

:-)

Wendy,

That's the climatron (Bloedel Conservatory) Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver.

I am attaching another pic from the same roll (better view of it).<div></div>

Thank you everyone for your informative responses. I am glad to know I am on the right track here.

I will try all the suggestions and also I'll give D76 a try. Although I am not against grain, I was comparing with the results I get with Ilford XP2 (C41 stuff) and the grain with Tri-X is definitely more.

I was being too careful pouring in the developer, I should be able to do it within 10 seconds next time into my el'cheapo plastic tank.

I'll try running the film at 200 ISO (overexposing 1 stop) and see how that turns out with my T Max developer. More practice to get my process down.

Thanks everyone! I am fired up! Off to load in another roll...

Hello,

<p>I processed my very first roll of BW film (TriX 400) and I am not

sure what to think of the results. I followed all the instructions

for developer, stop bath and fixer as best I could (when pouring the

developer, I took a little more time than was recommended, around 25

seconds). I poured out the developer about 10 seconds before the set

time. Followed the development instructions on the film box, 61/4

minutes for Tri X Professional 400. Used T Max developer, Ilford

Rapid Fixer and Kodak Indicator Stop Bath.</p>

<p> I found negatives to be generally quite dull looking, lack of

contrast and pronounced grain. I took all the photos today. It was

partly cloudy so lighting was a little flat. But still, I expected

brighter looking images.</p<

<p>I have scanned in some of the pictures and posted in

<a href=

"http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=488086"

target="_blank">http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?

folder_id=488086</a><br>

For all images, I adjusted the scanner for brightness and contrast.

I opened each file in GIMP and desaturated because the scanner was

not correcting for the base color of the film. </p>

What did I do wrong? Any pointers will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Rajiv.

Sorry, this image was taken with a Zenit/58mm Helios but I couldn't resist posting a picture of my 8 wk old daughter.

<img src="http://members.shaw.ca/rajivsankranti/sd.jpg">