Another thorough and well done film photography video by Tony! 👍 Always enjoy seeing how others setup their own process and Tony’s always seems to be very well refined and efficient!
One thing I love about the 3010 drum is how efficient on chemistry it is, and how the amount of chemistry you actually need is based almost entirely on how much film you've loaded into it. I've actually run mine with only 250ml of chemistry (only partially full, of course) when wanting to impatiently develop a few shots from a morning outing. Most other daylight 4x5 tanks seem to require an obscene amount of chemistry for the number of sheets they can hold.
Thanks for sharing, and great overview. I too use only HC-110 yet still using stop. I'll try distilled water next time. Interesting comment on accumulation of Photo-Flo so will try it out of my tanks.
Keep using that stop. Using water, as here, doesn't stop anything, and development continues at a reduced rate until the fixer is added. Historically, following development with a water bath, possibly repeating the process again, was an established technique to control contrast by building up the shadow density. Where development time is short, say 5 - 6 minutes, such extended development in a water bath will also amount to an over development, an informal "push" process.
Thank you, Tony, for this quite comprehensive walkthrough. You mentioned some details which other tutorials one can find here ignore unfortunately. Only thing missing was the recycling, especially of fixer. Did you ever need to have your processing machine to be serviced? -I'm asking because these- -are no longer sold new (for a while now)- , -and I wonder how long spare parts will be- -available- . [EDIT: sorry, false info, Jobo is still in business!]
Olaf, thank you for the kind words. As far as the Jobo is concerned, thankfully it has never needed service. CatLabs does service these machines and has new ones for sale: www.catlabs.info/product/jobo-cpp3. Thanks for watching! Tony
@@tonysantophotography Thank you for the link. Oh wow, Jobo is actually selling these devices, I was pretty sure that there had been a time they didn't. Sorry for spreading outdated, if not "fake" news. :-D ... (will edit my first comment accordingly) www.jobo.com/analog/?ecms_lang=EN
Thanks Jay! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! That is a good point! An acidic stop bath does two things: 1) immediately stops development. 2) neutralizes the alkaline developer from exhausting your fixer as quickly. So using water as a stop bath might not be the best if your goal is to reuse and conserve your fixer. :) Tony
Great video! I'm wondering what you think about Ilford specifically recommending against a pre wash for their films? They state that a pre wash can actually lead to uneven development.
@@peterfarr9591 Peter, I don't make any adjustments. I use exactly what you see in this video and have been doing so for over a decade with consistently great results. Hope this helps, Tony
