I've recently picked up a Jobo ATL2200, after using a CPE2 for about a year or so. I'm mostly doing 3 Bath E6, and less regularly 3 Bath C41. The main objective is labour saving, ie I can load a days film, pop in some chems and leave it going.
Few questions seem to come up. My first run gave me a noticeable (but not huge) purple shift. I'm trying to work out what seems to be going wrong
- I have a Jobo 4167 with a CLAGE header attached. This is basically a mixing unit with a hot water tank attached, as far as I can work out.
The mixing tap is referred to as thermal in a number of places, but as far as i can see its a static ratio. My cold water pressure is best described as.. variable.. hence with this is it actually possible to get an accurate wash water temp?
If not, I guess something +-5C, then using the second chemical bottle as a temperature controlled water step before colour developer would do a lot to stabilise temperature?
- Bottles have been left for a couple of years and have a lot of crud. I've run a lot of wash cycles. Wouldn't mind removing them and giving them a good clean. Has anybody actually done this on the newer units?
- Temperatures seem to be about +1C. Has anybody recalibrated an 2x00? There are instructions for ATL3, but I'm not sure if these apply to a 2x00.
- Prewash - I've always prewashed my E6 in the CPE2. The ATL program skips this step. Are others happy with this?
Thanks in advance
Few questions seem to come up. My first run gave me a noticeable (but not huge) purple shift. I'm trying to work out what seems to be going wrong
- I have a Jobo 4167 with a CLAGE header attached. This is basically a mixing unit with a hot water tank attached, as far as I can work out.
The mixing tap is referred to as thermal in a number of places, but as far as i can see its a static ratio. My cold water pressure is best described as.. variable.. hence with this is it actually possible to get an accurate wash water temp?
If not, I guess something +-5C, then using the second chemical bottle as a temperature controlled water step before colour developer would do a lot to stabilise temperature?
- Bottles have been left for a couple of years and have a lot of crud. I've run a lot of wash cycles. Wouldn't mind removing them and giving them a good clean. Has anybody actually done this on the newer units?
- Temperatures seem to be about +1C. Has anybody recalibrated an 2x00? There are instructions for ATL3, but I'm not sure if these apply to a 2x00.
- Prewash - I've always prewashed my E6 in the CPE2. The ATL program skips this step. Are others happy with this?
Thanks in advance