using jobo cpa-2 to process super 8

[George Kara]

Hello all

I have just purchased a used cpa-2 and it should be arriving today. I also confess to being a super 8 freak in addition to 4x5.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might rig up this kit to process E6 super 8 cartridges?

I have also purchased a 3010 drum for 4x5 and dont know if this might help.

Any suggestion would be great as I would love process this myself.

Drying is not an issue.

Regards

George

 

[radiantdarkroom]

It may be impossible to develop 50ft at a time. I have developed super8 in a lomo tank, large diameter spiral reel for 50ft, and the spacing between the film was very small. What's the Diameter of the 3010 tank?

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Yeah, I don't see 50 feet of film fitting in any Jobo thing I've seen. I have a Lomo tank but haven't figured it out yet.

 

[Kino]

Thats a lot of film to be trying to shoe-horn into a Jobo tank, even the largest, without some serious tricks.

You could try going back to the dawn of cinema and making your own racks; vertical or horizontal but both have their drawbacks.

The varying density you see in silent movies is almost invariably the result of sloppy vertical rack processing of the release print and even sometimes the original negative; NOT variations of hand-cranking speed as everone assumes.

Unless you're willing to put forth a lot of effort and risk failure, I'd stick to a commercial lab and their continuous processing machines OR get a LOMO tank for b&w.

My 2 cents...

 

[AgX]

Untill back some days I did not bother with Super8 and thus that Lomo tank was new to me.
I put it in that search engine and on the first site I was linked to a `developing tank´ being more or less a HardPVC drainage tube with end caps and taps on both ends was adviced as cheaper alternative to that Lomo tank.
It was a German site, not a Scottish.

 

[AgX]

Sorry,
I was a bit over-hasty, just saw that tube and got the idea they would somehow just stuff the film inside, as they are hinting at kinks being produced.

But I found more on that tube and there is a real reel inside:
(Even an English version of that article)
http://www.peaceman.de/inhalt/schmalfilm/super8/HT-Rohr-Super8-Entwickler.en.html

 

[George Kara]

Thanks for all the advice. It looks like it isnt practical.

Darn it.