Hi all!
My second post on this forum, although I have read many of it's threads in the past.
About a year ago I decided to go back to photography, after 10 years away from the ohobby, and specially, film photography. It has been a great journey so far. I like it so much, I have gotten a Nikon Scanner, multiple softwares to do conversions, etc.
What I was missing was doing my own development, specially B&W, due to inferior quality in my local lab, long waiting time and higher price than Color. So I purchased the Jobo Large Development Kit, which I now realize was a bad decision.
I thought the Jobo 1540 would work as a smaller tank if needed, but it doesn't. So it needs way too much chemistry, and I will probably almost never do 4 rolls at the same time. So I need to purchase a smaller tank. The Manual Roller Base also isn't ideal, I much prefer something automatic, or if I am doing it manually, the inversion method instead.
So, where I am at is: Should I just get a smaller Jobo 1510, or 1520, to complement my 1540 tank? I am also considering a Jobo Silverbase, with the included adapted 1520, so I wouldnt need to purchase an additional tank.
I plan on doing C-41 as well, so the Jobo Silverbase maybe wouldn't be the best pick, since it is not made for water bath? But the market seem to really lack options, it's either the cheap rotary only, or 2000euros+ Jobo CPE2 and similar.
Would C-41 be feasable with water bath for the chemistry, and the Silverbase outside controlled environment? I dont really like the APO system that seem to automatically compensate temperature, I prefer doing my own thing and calculations.
Thank you all!
My second post on this forum, although I have read many of it's threads in the past.
About a year ago I decided to go back to photography, after 10 years away from the ohobby, and specially, film photography. It has been a great journey so far. I like it so much, I have gotten a Nikon Scanner, multiple softwares to do conversions, etc.
What I was missing was doing my own development, specially B&W, due to inferior quality in my local lab, long waiting time and higher price than Color. So I purchased the Jobo Large Development Kit, which I now realize was a bad decision.
I thought the Jobo 1540 would work as a smaller tank if needed, but it doesn't. So it needs way too much chemistry, and I will probably almost never do 4 rolls at the same time. So I need to purchase a smaller tank. The Manual Roller Base also isn't ideal, I much prefer something automatic, or if I am doing it manually, the inversion method instead.
So, where I am at is: Should I just get a smaller Jobo 1510, or 1520, to complement my 1540 tank? I am also considering a Jobo Silverbase, with the included adapted 1520, so I wouldnt need to purchase an additional tank.
I plan on doing C-41 as well, so the Jobo Silverbase maybe wouldn't be the best pick, since it is not made for water bath? But the market seem to really lack options, it's either the cheap rotary only, or 2000euros+ Jobo CPE2 and similar.
Would C-41 be feasable with water bath for the chemistry, and the Silverbase outside controlled environment? I dont really like the APO system that seem to automatically compensate temperature, I prefer doing my own thing and calculations.
Thank you all!