> Much of what makes for the curl is the emulsion shrinking when it dries.
So does that mean that once it's got the post-development curl, I'm stuck
with it?
> We used to use little clamp-on weights to hang the strips. One end was a
> clip-on hook, the other a clip-on weight, and hang the strip of film from
a
> metal rod in the drying cabinet at the community college photo lab. I
> suppose you could use something like that and hang it in the shower.
Right, that makes sense; an entire roll of film is nearly heavy enough to
keep itself straight, but the bottom tends to curl, and 120 film is wide
enough to have that much more 'oomph' to the curl. [1]
> Out of
> the wash, rinse in photo-flow, peel it off the reel, and 'squeege' between
> two clean fingers, then clip the ends and hang it up.
I can squeegee it with my fingers? Handy -- I've been being really careful
not to touch it, but if I can get away with that that would be very useful..
thanks!
-- dan
[1] off-OM-topic, but boy, it sure is a pain loading 120 film onto metal
spools compared to the plastic ones; loaded one roll, everything seemed a
bit sketchy in the dark but by that time I was committed and it wasn't going
to load no matter how much I retried. When I took it out of the tank, the
mis-loaded bit had _stuck_ to the bit it was next to.. sigh.
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