Digital BW, The Print

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:11 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Pyro Development for Negatives to be Scanned
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> I insert sheet
> film dry into the drum and use a single 5 minute presoak with tap
> water.

Ooops! Have to correct myself here due to senile dementia and too much time
making prints and not enough time developing film! I presoak for 5 minutes
by adding a liter of distilled water while the dry drum is on the Jobo with
the rotation set to about "4". At the end of this time I empty the drum and
fill it completely with tape water while off the Jobo. I then put it back on
the Jobo and empty it with the nitrogen purge running so that the water is
displaced by the nitrogen. This leaves me with a virtually oxygen free
environment in the drum for development. I reduce the nitrogen flow and keep
it going through out the development step.

Martin Wesley