Originally Posted by
Jay De Fehr
In my opinion, the CombiPlan is a clumsy adaptation of a deep tank for daylight processing. Fill and dump rates are slow, and it fills from the top, basically dribbling over the film until full. The Jobo 2521 tank and 2509n reel is a much better system for daylight processing of multiple sheets of film. The Jobo tanks fill and dump very quickly, and fill from the bottom of the tank, covering your film quickly and evenly, instead of dribbling and splashing. The Jobo tanks can be used like any small tank for intermittent inversion agitation, or rolled for rotary agitation with the minimum required volume of developer solution for much greater economy. The full Jobo setup with reel, tank, loader and guides is a little more expensive than the CombiPlan, but a bargain by comparison. I would avoid the CombiPlan at all costs.
Jay
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