8x10 colour film processing

[soupdragon]

Does anyone here home process 8x10 colour film
I would love to hear how you do this.

Yes I can do it but only one sheet at a time.
Is there a better option?

 

[StephenM]

There are options - you don't say how you do it at the moment - but there are cost implications.

e.g. https://www.macodirect.de/en/darkro...x-beta-daylight-tank-8x10-20-3x25-4cm-abs-kit

N.B. I've never processed colour other than in 35mm size.

 

[NiallerM]

Does anyone here home process 8x10 colour film
I would love to hear how you do this.

Yes I can do it but only one sheet at a time.
Is there a better option?

I've only done it a couple of times, but I process 4 X 5 every now and again.

I use trays. For temperature control I have two hot plates. It's not ideal. Handling is fiddly. I've been playing with Cinestill 400D recently, and the base is quite flimsy. I'm not sure how well it would stay in holders in a tank, so you would certainly (to my mind) need to be using something with a reasonably robust base.

Trays, of course, mean a darkroom.

 

[soupdragon]

There are options - you don't say how you do it at the moment - but there are cost implications.

e.g. https://www.macodirect.de/en/darkro...x-beta-daylight-tank-8x10-20-3x25-4cm-abs-kit

N.B. I've never processed colour other than in 35mm size.

I use a Stearman press tank/tray.
The temperature is controlled using two Cinestill sous vides in two tempering baths.
My preferred chemistry for c41 is the cinestill powdered chemistry.

 

[StephenM]

Stearman Press do make a double tray for 2 10x8 or 1 20x8.

 

[Jammy Dodger]

I keep saying, convert to Jobo and you won't look back!
Really not sure why you resist Tony, can't be a cost thing looking at you recent purchase

 

[soupdragon]

I keep saying, convert to Jobo and you won't look back!
Really not sure why you resist Tony, can't be a cost thing looking at you recent purchase

Like what?
I have visited the Jobo web site and drawn a blank.

That said, I like the look of Jobo but the prices............new car territory!

 

[Jammy Dodger]

Like what?
I have visited the Jobo web site and drawn a blank.

That said, I like the look of Jobo but the prices............new car territory!

The smallest print drums will do a minimum of 2. X 10x8. Negative/positive.

Loads of second hand stuff - don't buy new, but even new it's a fraction of what you've spent on Cameras!