Re: [APML] Bulk tech-pan storage

[George Anderson <tillerman1@videotron.ca>]

Hi Marty (and others)

Thanks for the response. With the RH in Montreal hovering at 80%+ during
the summer and plunging to ~30% indoors in the winter I don't dare try
the fast in and out from the freezer. Condensation will be a sure thing.
I think I'll go the double bagged ziploc route with the added protection
of dessicant in the bottom of the inner bag. Due to the above mentioned
problem with humidity I'll store the bulk roller in the fridge and allow
a 2-3 hour warm up period before I open the ziplocs and spool off four
to six short rolls.
With Montreals fabled clear skies I'll probably take two months to shoot
the 6 short rolls as long as I can schedule babysitting duties for the
weeks with the moon.
Now if I could just get my field trips scheduled around the full
moon/new moon cycle I'd have it made.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Martin C Germano wrote:
> 
> George,
> 
> > What is the safest storage for the bulk loader (and film)?
> 
> I have always stored my bulk Tech Pan (never bought a 'roll') in the
> freezer. When it was readily available, I always had an backup unused 150ft
> roll in the freezer, stored just as it came from the supplier (in the Kodak
> box, with the tin sealed the way it was placed in the box). Once the roll is
> loading into the bulk film loader, it goes into a Ziploc bag and back into
> the freezer, so I guess 3) would be my recommendation.
> > 1) Store it in a ziploc with dessicant in the fridge?
> > 2) Store it in a ziploc in the fridge?
> > 3) 1 or 2 but stored in the freezer?
> > The TP will be hypered as required with approprite storage after
> > hypering.
> 
> > Also how long should I let the bulk loader adjust to room temp (bagged)
> > before I start spooling film off of it?
> 
> I always tried to do the entire loading process as quickly as possible ...
> meaning I would have everything set to go in the darkroom, then take the
> bulk film loader directly from the freezer, out of the bag, spooled onto the
> (plastic) reel, and into the hypering chamber.  After sealing the hypering
> chamber, the lights go on, the bulk film loader goes back in the Ziploc, and
> back into the freezer. This entire process takes 3-4 minutes.
> 
> With the exception of 4 or 5 rolls of Tech Pan that had the dreaded
> 'mottling' problem (only after hypering, unhypered negs are fine), this
> procedure had worked well for me.
> 
> Marty
> 
> Martin C Germano
> email: mcgermano@earthlink.net
> Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~mcgermano
> 
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