Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, everyone. Of course I meant ?I HATE Jobo? in the subject line, but I think you all figured it out. I am not talking about leaking a few drops. The liquid starts spilling out as soon as I begin the inversion. These are 1510 tanks, for single rolls. The weird thing is that I used Jobo all the time when I was shooting film exclusively until 2004 or so and never had this problem. These tanks are new, bought recently. We are not talking operator error, I have many years experience and know how to close the tank. I have concluded that I may have a bad sample and will not use those tanks again. I also have one Paterson System 4 tank from the old days with two Paterson reels, and a couple of single-roll AP tanks. The AP reels are useless, but fortunately the Paterson reels fit in the AP tanks as well, so that is what I will use from now on. I like single-roll tanks because I shoot different types of films and most of the time I only have one roll of a particular film to develop. The AP tanks have a much more secure closing mechanism, a simple screw-on lid. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 2 Sep 2023, at 03:23, Frank F via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > IMO, the best Jobo setup is using the 2500 series ranks with the Jobo SS > reels. I also use a CPE 2 bath. I have also processed in these tanks with > the manual rotating gadget. > What I have not done is inverting one of the 2500 tanks for agitation. > Now I have NEVER had a leak in these tanks. Not a drop. > To help further, state what tank and reels you are using. State your > processing technique. Are you gently doing inversion or a fast snap of the > wrist? > We CAN figure this out! > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 10:25 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> This afternoon I ruined yet another film in a Jobo tank. Apparently >> production standards have sunk so low that it is impossible to invert the >> tank without half of the developer spilling out. The result is that the >> film does not get properly developed. Very frustrating. Those of you who >> are using film, which tanks and spirals do you use? >> >> TIA, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> photo at frozenlight.eu >> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> >> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information