Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] [OT] Jobo CPE-2...
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 13:00:12 -0600

on 1/4/02 11:45 AM, Dave Stratton at stratton@gci.net wrote:

> I use the Jobo CPE (with lift) for processing B&W.  I would recommend that
> you do get a lift for the processor...it really does make life a lot more
> pleasant.   Also, I use Xtol (1:3) to process Tmax film and  obtain great
> results...but a caution...I have found that I must use 3 oz (~90 ml) of Xtol
> per roll, thus I have to use ~ 360 ml solution per roll.  With a little over
> a 600 ml liquid limit, the max number of rolls I process at a time is 2 (and
> doing the numbers I am pushing my limits).
> 
> I still find the cpe a great way to do film...I just find something to do in
> the darkroom for the ~ 30min processing time. If one wants to process more
> than two rolls use Xtol (1:2), or even Xtol (1:1).  Not as successful for
> me, but still good results.

Thanks for the heads up on the limits of the CPE-2. So tell me why they list
the capacity @ 5 rolls of 35mm when that is not possible??? Truly misleading
until you read the fine print...

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John 
Chicago, IL 
http://SlideOne.com
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