Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm currently without a darkroom and having a hard time finding a decent lab within shouting distance. I have, however, noticed all the hooting & hollering about "Jobo and XTol" on the LUG and would like to hear specifics. I've checked the Jobo site (http://www.jobo-usa.com/products.htm), and found a slew of drum processors: does anyone have a preference (just a little light LUG humor, there)? Seriously, though, can anyone make a spectacular argument against the CPE2Plus as a unit? It's the most affordable of the bunch for doing loads of film (vs. the DuoLab), but if it's a troublesome unit in some way, it would be nice to hear feedback. I'm also remembering something about the 1L vs the 5L packages of XTol; is there a difference? Seems the wrapper is not the only difference, and I've seen a few odd references to that here on the LUG: are they different formulas giving different results? Everyone seems to prefer the 5L, and I know my own batch from a 1L package was a capital-D Disaster, but if good results can be had (hence the LUG hooting), I'd give it another go. Thanks for your help again, and thanks to the LUGnuts who contacted me off list on my earlier post.