Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]perhaps adam was talking about the compensating effect (i.e., local exhaustion of developer) occuring with intermittent agitation and dilute (e.g., XTOL 1+3) developer. - -rei > From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> > > At 09:48 AM 5/6/2002 -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: > > >I've read that the JOBO processors aren't good to use with traditional B&W > >film > >because they blow the highlights due to too much agitation. Is this the > >case or > >is this a bad rap? Almost certainly I'll be running in XTOL and shooting Tri-X > >or the fast Delta films when I do B&W. I could use the C41 B&W, of course, but > > > >Adam > > > Not true. It is simply time and temp. You can let a tank full of film and > developer simply stand for a few hours, invert it every minute or two for > 12 to 20 minutes, or run it in a JOBO for 6 to 12 minutes. I run my B&W in > my JOBO and have never had better negatives. Acros and Tri-X in Xtol 1:1 in > the JOBO is killer. > > Tina did the same when she used film. :) > > A JOBO is one of the greatest film/paper processing devices ever made. > > Jim - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html