Drying Kodak negatives

[AbsolutelyN]

I've always been a big Fuji user (mainly due to lower price) but am about to take delivery of a load of Kodak 400NC which is possibly my favourite of all colour negative films. Fuji sheet film has the wonderful (in my opinion) little hole in one corner so I can hang the sheet from a bent paperclip

Maybe a silly question but how do you dry your Kodak sheet film after development in a Jobo? I very much dislike film clip marks so am keen to avoid them. Any thoughts on what would be the best way to hang them? I'm thinking along the lines of plastic clothes pegs or some kind of office stationary clips? I've tried wooden pegs but have had problems with them. Recommendations appreciated.

Thanks
Tristan

[Baxter]

Hi Tristan

I used a tiny metal stationery butterfly clip on each sheet which I could keep in the rebate near the notches. This is the sort with the foldy back ears, rather than bulldog clip. The gripping surface is radiused, whereas bulldogs I recall are flat metal sheet albeit slightly angled.

Placement of the clip there, lets the film hang diagonally in same manner as from the hole in Fuji -I wasn't a fan of the damn things, always getting in the way of my picture.

Then I put several sheets on a stainless kebab skewer (classy I know!). Neg film doesn't curl anywhere near as much as RVP which is the most extreme.

Bax

[AbsolutelyN]

Thanks Baxter - I'll have a look for some of those at the post office. Kebab skewer sounds good too, will be trying that also. Tristan

[Ed Moss]

I bought some small crocodile clips off ebay, think they were £1 for 10, work fine.

[numnutz]

I use Helping Hands - like these on eBay here: http://tinyurl.com/4e5rmc4 (no recommendation on supplier But they are the cheapest I found!)

If you put them on a shelf and hang the film diagonally down and put some news paper underneath to catch drips - it works for 5x4 to 10x8.

You can also remove the magnifying glass and mount over a pre-drilled lens-board and you have a 100mm approximate lens that you can experiment with to get some very nice soft focus shots...

They are also very useful for tabletop photography to hold small reflectors etc.

nn

[timparkin]

foldy back wing stationary clips, the mini variety.. leave a slight mark in the rebate but nothing that effects drum scanning.

See blog entry here..

http://www.timparkin.co.uk/blog

[timparkin]

Oh - and I've got some new Kodak 400 to test too - quite excited about that and the new 160