In this short video I will show you how to insert a photographic plate into the sensitizer.
At the beginning, a short safety warning: I strongly recommend that you take a workshop or training course in advance on working with the chemistry used in the wet collodion process to avoid any serious health problems.
This is one option compared to using a classic tank, which is in a vertical position.
- They see the advantage of sensitization in this specially made dish mainly in the savings in silver nitrate, which is used for sensitization.
- However, every coin has two sides, which means that sensitization in a bowl also has its disadvantages. One of the main ones is that you contaminate your silver bath more.
English text:
In this video I want to show you how to insert the plate into the silver bath tray.
BEFORE ATTEMPTING WETPLATE COLLODION PHOTOGRAPHY, BE SURE TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE CHEMICAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROCESS. SEVERAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE PROCESS ARE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS, EXTREMELY POISONOUS, CARCINOGENIC, EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE, AND/OR POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE.
Plus: With the tray you can save lots of silver for the plate sensitizing.
Minus: The negative thing is that you contaminate your bath more, because of the same solvents and other stuff you have in your wet collodion plate.
How to insert the plate into the silver bath tray from Jan Kratochvil he Vimeo.
