Posted by Chuck on December 16, 2000 at 05:42:50:
In Reply to: Loading 4X5 film holders posted by Ron Crawford on December 14, 2000 at 00:03:44:: I have two very "rookie" questions. I want to try
: using individual sheet film, but I'm not sure of a few
: things about loading the film in the film holders.
: BTW, I'm using 4X5 film and trying to load it in Lisco
: film holders. Before loading I went into the dark
: room (my bathroom) and removed one sheet of film to
: practice with in the light. I immediately noticed
: that it was almost impossible to keep my fingerprints
: off of the film. How do you handle the film to avoid
: doing this, or will a few fingerprints hurt anything?
: My second question is which side of the film is the
: emulsion side? I'm keeping the notches in the upper
: right corner,as has been suggested, and by doing it
: that way the light colored pinkish side is facing me.
: Is that correct? Thanks again to all for your help.
I usually just handle by the edges at the notched corner. One
thing that makes film removal easier is to have at least one
fingernail long enough to fit under the film at the holder indent
to pry it up.
Chuck