RE: [Leica] OT:Kodak, Jobo's and other anomalies

["Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>]

Mark,

Add me to the list of Jobo lovers.  What is there to not like about them?  I
use a CPP2; with 35mm, I can process 8 rolls of film at a time and still do
other things. When I used to shoot 4X5, I could do 10 sheets at a time with
the lights on and always have consistent agitation. I use mostly TMY in TMAX
RS at 1-7 (as per John S) and love the results.  I am going to try XTOL
soon, maybe that will change my ideas on the Jobo for B&W, but I will never
change for E6.  I also use Nova tanks for prints. They too help with my
consistency and allow me to walk into the darkroom and make 1 print easily.

My two cents...
Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Rabiner [SMTP:mrabiner@concentric.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 02, 1999 3:19 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] OT:Kodak, Jobo's and other anomalies
> 
> "Mueller, Rob" wrote:
> > 
> > Mark,
> > not everyone uses Ilford. John Sexton uses a lot of Kodak paper. I think
> he
> > does a pretty good job of printing.
> > 
> > Rob Mueller
> No but they sure as hell don't use Kodak.
> Sexton also uses a Jobo to make his negs, the man is an anomaly I can't
> explain
> as his work is beyond reproach.
> and I shouldn't have said it because this is were 20 guys with Jobo's
> weigh in
> on "what's wrong with Jobo's the guy at the camera store said it was
> great?" but
> I assure you Adams, Weston, White, the great masters would never touch
> Kodak
> paper the way it looks now and barely anyone besides Sexton now does even
> if
> Kodak threatens to ship tons of it free to the loading docks outside their
> darkrooms... And certainly not some dumb gadget like a Jobo. But we've
> been
> through all that before at least twice. I would think it would be obvious
> when
> one is staring at junk.
> Mark Rabiner