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So far, so good. Test results with 4x5 and 5x7 are looking great.

What's been happening?We've shot more 8x10 film in the last few weeks than most people do in a year! Unfortunately, most of it was the same boring shot of our building's door. The freshly painted, light gray door faces south and is evenly lit by the Colorado sun. It is one of the most challenging subjects we've ever found. We've learned a lot. Bad news?We've abandoned the goal of processing two sheets of 8x10 at the same time. This wasn't an easy decision but given the technical, economic and marketing factors involved, it was the right decision. Technical: while we...

You've probably seen our Kickstarter preview. And Kickstarter has already rejected it! Their reason is a silly administrative misunderstanding (on their part) and it's not worth the effort to explain it here. Anyway, we cleared that up and they replied with a generic list of "suggested improvements". Some of which are interesting, some of which are silly but most just prove they didn't really read our proposal and they certainly don't understand our market. Ugh. This leaves us three choices: Bow down to the bureaucrats at Kickstarter, get everything perfected and resubmit. Note that Kickstarter only allows ONE appeal so...

DIY index tabs for your film holders. Less than a nickle each!

This topic has come up enough that it deserves promotion from a Newsletter to a permanent blog post... People have asked about using a water bath and the SP-445.  Bear in mind that the SP-445 is molded out of rather thick plastic. This is a much better insulator than a highly conductive steel tank or even the comparatively thin walls of most other plastic tanks. (Some of which are surprisingly thin.) But how much better? Here's an exciting chart that describes the thermodynamic characteristics of the SP-445: The temperature in the SP-445 will shift by less than 3 degrees over...