[LargeFormat] Re: Jobo tank development

[Diane Maher]

Clive,
No, I'm not doing a water pre-soak prior to adding developer.

Diane


Message: 2
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 01:32:43 +0100
To: largeformat@f32.net
From: Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@megacycle.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Jobo tank development
Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net

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