Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, in the usual manner of my addiction to the Bay, once I decided to set up for film processing (after a long time away) I ended up with a lot more tanks than I can use, including two Jobo 1500 series, one earlier similar and some big pro size 2510 that looks lovely but needs about 10 litres to fill up for inversion! And at least 4 or five asstd Patersons! I processed a dozen or so films in the 1520 without problems and quite like the reel loading design and the tank economy. What happened was (on both separate occasions) that the clip on lock rings unseated slightly, allowing the lid to rise slightly and allow light into the tank. I think it happened when I sat the tanks in a Jobo tempering unit that I currently fill with chilled water to bring down the chemical bottles and tank temps to an even 20 degrees C. The tank rests on an insert ring on the removable tempering box lid, suspending it into the tempering unit. As you know the tank lid needs to be seated firmly downwards then the orange retaining ring pushed down to lock the clips. Either I didn't seat the lids positively first (most likely) in the change bag or the weight of the tank was enough to unlock the locking ring. Either way I lost about 72 frames I was rather looking forward to. Rats! When I stop swearing I might give another film a go. Maybe even a film from my new 111c, just to put more pressure on myself. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: Saturday, 20 January 2007 13:42 To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo Hoppy... I have used the JOBO tanks and reels for a while with no failures as you have had... Can I offer to help fix your open top problems? You say the lids came loose... which lid? The tank or the top of the spiral? Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net I have had the lid come loose (twice!) on Jobo tanks recently and lost film. Not nice. It's a shame because I like the reels. Back to Paterson for me. Cheers Hoppy _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information