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This is Shanghai GP3 film in 127 format, just before I put the second film clip in place.
Surprisingly, it wasn't too difficult to get on the developing spiral. To digitise the film, I held it inside a Durst 5x4 negative holder (from an enlarger) which has two sheets of glass, one of them Anti-Newton. In the past, when I used a flatbed scanner, I would have had to tape a film as curly as this to a sheet of ANR glass, then place it on top of the scanner glass. Since the ANR glass was only big enough to cover a few frames, it was a time-consuming process to scan a whole film.
Avoiding curly films is one of the reasons I tend not to experiment with film stocks too much. I've never had a problem with curling when using FP4+ and HP5+. With Adox HR-50, I have always find it lies very flat, altough some people have the opposite experience.
What film have you found the worst for curling, and how did you deal with it?
Surprisingly, it wasn't too difficult to get on the developing spiral. To digitise the film, I held it inside a Durst 5x4 negative holder (from an enlarger) which has two sheets of glass, one of them Anti-Newton. In the past, when I used a flatbed scanner, I would have had to tape a film as curly as this to a sheet of ANR glass, then place it on top of the scanner glass. Since the ANR glass was only big enough to cover a few frames, it was a time-consuming process to scan a whole film.
Avoiding curly films is one of the reasons I tend not to experiment with film stocks too much. I've never had a problem with curling when using FP4+ and HP5+. With Adox HR-50, I have always find it lies very flat, altough some people have the opposite experience.
What film have you found the worst for curling, and how did you deal with it?
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