[Leica] I have Jobo!

[Nathan Wajsman]

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

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> 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
>> 
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