Digital BW, The Print

>One question I have is: do you need to worry about keeping the film
>separated while they are in the sulfite solution or is it ok to
>stack them together in the solution?

>Thanks,
>Randy

If you are referring to being in the studio and just dropping them in a tray
. . . maybe. However, the surfaces are fragile when wet, to my mind, more so
than regular film . . . I also "squeegee" very carefully between two smooth,
photo-flo-ed fingers . . . NOT a good practice, but I have years at it so it
is now no longer a "practice", it is an expertise??.

The bucket is still available, and for what it costs I think it gives great
peace of mind. Outside of a studio I wouldn.t think of doing without it . .
. a bit of an unfair statement as I don't process the stuff until I get back
to home base.

If you are looking for the bucket, it is available at B&H of course (their
part #POPNCT). It costs less than $50 and it comes with a pound of sodium
sulfite, which by the way, you don't really need. You can wash with water
(longer and wasteful of a diminishing resource), and carefully stroke away
the goo, then as with the sulfite, you can fix and wash after.

Paul Aparycki