Where Can I find a Lomo Spiral Processing Tank?

[newmanauk]

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can get a Lomo Daylight Spiral Processing tank?

I want to reduce the cost of filming by doing my own reversal development of TriX and transfer to miniDV (I'll reverse the negative image on the PC)

Most of the websites I've been to say the spiral tank is the quickest for good results.

I understand that the spiral tanks were only made by Lomo who don't make them anymore.

Thanks

Alan

[ricardoeko]

Go to the page Http://www.geocities.com/russiancameras

Search for the lomo tanks availiable,

Mr. Olexandr Kalynychenko sells them, i've bought one tank and other russian materials and he also is a precious help if you need to ask somrthing.

[studiocarter]

http://www.geocities.com/cinetank/

[studiocarter]

http://www.geocities.com/russiancamera/

no s at end

[newmanauk]

Thanks for the info guys. I've sent an e-mail to Mr. Olexandr Kalynychenko for pricing etc.

Have you any experience of using the spiral tank? What are the results like?

Cheers

Alan

[Carlos 8mm]

Very good results! I bougth Mr. Kalynychenko an Spiral Lomo Tank two years ago. I develop Kodak B&W reversal stock as a negative, and Kahl Negative B &W stock with cheap developers like Kodak D-76 in three basic steps. I transfer the film to video directly to my PC and then invert with Premiere. Just like what you want to do.

Carlos.

[wahiba]

Go to my site for an alternative DIY process!

I have one of the tanks and have done what you hope too. Again, some experiences on my site.

The biggest bind is getting the film out of the cartridge. A device for winding the film onto a spool seems to be the best way.

Try some of the UK 8mm links. Also eBay, there might be some for sale. Also check out camera fairs. I think most are probably listed in AP, they seem to be going into classic cameras. Processing tanks are often quite cheap so worth a look.

Good Luck

[portosuper8]

Well, if you want to develop the film by yourself i think the best choice is to start filming in double8 or doublesuper8, the foma film is a good choice for example. I film in all formats (except 9.5mm and 70mm) but my favourites are the super and regular 8mm films. As i said before the easiest way i found to film and develop in 8mm is to use the "double" films, because you only work with the reel, the film is in 16mm (before splicing of course) and easier to load in the spiral. The fomapan film is also cheap and if you shoot 10m reels, after splicing you get 20m of film (more extra 5m than the super8 cartdriges) and you have a better image too, because the film doesn't jitter. Resuming, if you develop at home, film in double.

[studiocarter]

Could we see some of these B&W home processed 8mm films please? Some mpegs would be very interesting. They could be hosted here on this ftp site. Are you making vcd files and disks of your transferrs?

Michael

[wahiba]

My home processed efforts can be seen on my site - link below.

No claims on quality or artistic merit - but they are set up for 56k modems so you do not need Broadband to see them.