Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!smith From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP (Richard Smith) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Home Color Darkroom - (nf) Message-ID: <474@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 21:03:55 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.474 Posted: Sun Jun 17 21:03:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 05:41:42 EDT Sender: notes@umn-cs.UUCP Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN Lines: 18 #R:ism780:21200001:umn-cs:9000017:000:815 umn-cs!smith Jun 17 15:17:00 1984 While pontificating on the advantages of the Cibachrome drum, I should mention what I learned last weekend. I was working with a friend who owns a Beseler drum. It proved to be a very nice drum to use if you have a motor base. The Cibachrome drum must be held upright when you pour chemicals into it while the Beseler has to be placed sideways, i.e. on the motor base. Also, the Beseler empties quickly and doesn't drip chemicals like the Cibachrome drum tends to. I had 3 problems with the Beseler, though: 1) it has 'feet' that make it hard to hand-roll; 2) it has a trough down the center that makes it hard to dry between prints [I could use a bath towel to dry the Cibachrome drum, but had to use paper towels to dry the Beseler]; and 3) it costs more and can't be easily 'converted' to 11x14 size. Rick.