True, but with any PID you get on/off cycles which cause --- well, chatter! And that can cause, for instance, banding of Iodide in a Br/I emulsion. Ungood.
Finally scanned the plates. The plate from the new batch and from the previous batch were both of the same subject. There's a subtle difference in tonality and the new batch has a finer grain. Kind of a nice improvement. However, I think the emulsion is slightly slower as a result. In general, the batches have been slower lately. I need to check my temperature calibration to ensure I'm not unknowingly running a few degrees cooler than I should be during ripening.