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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    I made my First Development in the 3010 yesterday, with efke25 and rodinal 1+49 8min, everything went well and even negatives

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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    Seriously? LOL LOL Best tanks in the world.... wish they were still being made......

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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    Jobo tanks are still being made.
    Not cheap - but are out there and can be bought NEW.

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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    700ml of Xtol 1:3 in a 3010 for all the B&W film I shoot. I never level the tank on my Uniroller base as the tank tends to walk off. I always have the lid end high with the lid bearing on the rollers.

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    I do the same as Wayne and never have problem, I even use it for 5x7.
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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    I use the 3005 and 3010 tanks and after discovering what you did, I started using a minimum of 600-700 ml of developer and have had beautiful results ever since.

    Looks to be the consensus here.
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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Cole View Post
    I use the 3005 and 3010 tanks and after discovering what you did, I started using a minimum of 600-700 ml of developer and have had beautiful results ever since.

    Looks to be the consensus here.
    Jim,
    I'm guessing all most of the jobo expert users here are relying on visual evaluation. I did a test using plus-x and t-max developer with 300ml, 500ml and 700ml. In all the cases I found variations of density in all axis (depth, radius and rotation, invisible to the naked eye) and it's worst than expected (9 locations per sheet, half inch from the border). I'll post the delta-density numbers later.

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    Make sure you qualify your results using a real name and contact info.
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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    This is very interesting as I have similar experiences to the others who've had no problems with their 3010 drums. I usually run close to a litre for a full load. Minimum I've used was around 500 ml.

    Just asking but is this data from an unexposed neg ?
    notch codes ? I only use one film...

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    Re: Jobo Expert?

    The ironic thing is these drums have been around for twenty plus years, used by folks like John Sexton etc and claimed to be virtually the best way for home darkroom users to achieve flawless processing results. I have used the drums for about that long and done thousands of negatives, hundreds of tests and the issues are traceble to user error. In my book, soon to be written Its the claiments responsibilty to document the issue in such a way that it can be repeated consistently. That said the drums may not be the method of choice for all developers and circumstances....so qualification is really a requirement- at least in my book to be taken seriously.
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