From: Michael Healy (mjhealy@kcnet.com)
Date: 07/17/01-09:24:49 PM Z
I have used the tank extensively for about a year. Probably I would use a
Jobo if I could
afford one, but the Combi is fine. I can't refute criticisms absolutely, but
I **have** found
that most of them declined to provide their context. EG, with Delta 100 in
HC-110,
I certainly did get uneven development. This turned out to have nothing to
do with fillng
and draining times per se. Instead, it was their length in relation to
HC-110B's relatively short
developing time of 6 minutes for Delta 100. Subsequently I have used Rodinal
w/ great success,
and also HC-110E (an increase to 9 minutes of developing time). I suspect
that anyone
flat-out blaming the fill/empty times hasn't figured out the nature of their
problem.
As for agitation, I have never had a problem with my method. Again, I would
be inclined to
question such remarks closely. EG, with which developer? What developing
time? Exactly
what methods proved to be problematic? I follow Ilford's recommendation: 10
seconds per
minute. Never had a problem with it.
My one gripe about the Combi is that a sheet sometimes becomes disengaged
during
agitation. When I open up the tank, I find the sheet plastered to the wall
of the tank.
This virtually never happens from original loading, but usually during the
hypo-clear.
That is, if I troubled to pull out a sheet to examine it after I'd fixed it.
So it seems to be
a problem with my lazy RE-loading...
Mike Healy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Breukel, C" <cor@lumc.nl>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: hanging sheet film
> I myself have never tried it, but I read quite a few negative reports
> on rec.photo.darkroom. The problems were: uneven development, filling
> and draining times too long, agitation method very important.
>
> For me the biggest drawback seemed the volume developer nedded to fill
> the tank (I believe 1200 ml), and I am such a low volume shooter, that I
> rarely have 6 sheets of the same film for the same developer and time. I
> find my Jobo very convenient.
>
> That beeing said, I did read favourable reports about using the
> Combiplan tank.
>
> Best,
>
> Cor
>
> Guillermo wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Breukel, C" <cor@lumc.nl>
> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 4:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: hanging sheet film
> >
> > > Further on this line/thread: I use the film racks that go into the
> > > Combiplan 4*5 film developer tank to dry my film: drying takes a bit
> > > longer since the films are quite close, but the racks leave no marks.
> > > The combiplan tank I only use for washing my films, the racks for
> > > drying: developing with it seems to be problematic it seems..
> >
> > What sort of problems you have developing with that tank?
> >
> > Guillermo
>
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