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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...

We've developed the first sheet of film in our SP-1810 prototype! Special thanks to Tom Finke for hauling out his 8x10 and sacrificing a sheet of film. Note that there was no artistic expression intended. We just needed a sheet of properly exposed film for testing. You can see Tom's real  work here: https://tomfinke.com/. After practicing two or three times with the lights on, Tom had no problem loading the tank in the dark. He really liked the ergonomics and the way it balances when filling/draining. The prototype does leak a bit but not as bad as we expected. (This...

We're still plugging away on the SmartLid. Here's the latest concept for the keypad and display:  You can review the updated User's guide: Version 0.2  Please post your comments below.