[LargeFormat] Jobo tank development

Clive Warren largeformat@f32.net
Sat Sep 20 20:35:18 2003


At 06:37 20/09/2003 -0500, Diane Maher wrote:
>I finally did develop my 8x10s in the Jobo tank, but I am seeing a line
>down several of the negatives where it appears that the developer pooled
>or was just there longer or something.  I believe it could be due to the
>seams inside the tank, has anyone else seen this happen? From the way
>the tank is constructed, I can't see a way around it.  Any comments
>would be helpful.

Diane,

It's possible that the developer is reaching some parts of the film before 
rotation commences depending on how you are using the processor. Are you 
using a water presoak before adding the developer?

Cheers,
            Clive