[Leica] AP or Jobo or Paterson or...

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Of the plastic brands I've only used Paterson, and I hate them with a 
passion.

Generally plastic tanks use a larger volume of chemistry per roll, 
occasionally crack when being thumped for air bubbles (I've never done it 
but have had several students who were a little too enthusiatic about 
pounding tanks on the countertop) and if you mess up ratcheting the film on 
to the reel, you can be royally screwed.

I swear by stainless tanks with the black plastic tops, and only use the 
Hewes brand pronged stainless reels that are made in Britain.


--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta <nmsbaeta@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta <nmsbaeta@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] AP or Jobo or Paterson or...
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 3:19 PM
> Hello!
> 
> For many years, I've been using a local shop to
> develop, print and
> scan my colour film.  I know the owner and he lets me use
> his (quite
> huge)  Agfa lab.  For B&W I also use his very old
> development and
> printing equipment.
> 
> Now my "problem".  My friend and photographer
> will retire in June and
> will donate all his equipment (including a 113 years old
> camera) to a
> museum.  That means that I will "loose" the
> equipment to develop,
> print and scan.  Nowadays I rarely make colour film photos
> (one roll a
> month ?!?), but I still make many B&W film photos (at
> least a roll per
> week).
> 
> I can take my colour film to some shop and hope for the
> best but I
> want to keep developing my B&W film.
> 
> I just want equipment to develop the film, but which brand
> should I
> buy?  AP, Jobo, Paterson or another brand?  Are there any
> important
> differences to buy one brand instead of another?
> 
> BTW, his B&W equipment is a mix of pieces some of known
> brands (e.g.,
> the enlarger is a Rollei) and some with no brand (e.g., the
> tanks).
> His advice was buy the cheapest made of plastic.  Is this a
> good
> advice?
> 
> TIA
> 
> -- 
> Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
> ille nihil dubitat quem nulla scientia dictat
> 
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