Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:25 PM 8/15/00 -0600, you wrote: >Tina, that's what I thought too, but it ain't necessarily true: The >official scoop from Ken Owen at Jobo is that the specified fluid >capacities on the drums are MINIMUMS, and that the maximum is when >developer starts dribbling out the end! The 1500-series of drums don't >hold much to begin with, but the 2500 and 3000-series do and when >processing 4x5 sheet film, it's enough that I can use Xtol at 1:3, >process 5 sheets of film on the 6-sheet reel and still meet Kodak's spec >for developer capacity. Now I know why Jobo sells those oversized 2500 >tanks and reels for rollfilm ;-) > >Jeff Segawa >no archive Thanks, Jeff! I've got the big tanks so I'll try it. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com