Colour developing at home

Andysnap

Andysnap

Suspended / Banned
Messages
16,322
Name
Andy Grant
Edit My Images
Yes
Now I've got the bit between my teeth with this developing malarkey I'm thinking of having a go at colour. Now, I want to make it easy for myself so if I do have a try I will be using one of the Nova/Jobo machines to ensure the correct temperature. So, just a quick question to those that have used them, which would be better and are they as easy as it looks?

Cheers

Andy
 
Not difficult at all, I did several rolls of C-41 in a Jobo CPE-2 which performed nicely, I just don't shoot enough C-41 to justify keeping it. The temperature control was nice and accurate and it kept the chemicals at a relatively stable temperature.

I'll pop the Jobo back up in the classifieds if you are interested?
 
Thanks Rob. I will be interested in a bit, just need to get a few things sorted. I won't be having a go until after we get back from Scotland in June so no rush and I need to get some money saved as well.
 
Sounds good Andy, let me know closer the time :thumbs:
 
Will do, cheers buddy.

Andy
 
I started colour print processing with a Jobo cpe2. I soon got sick of washing the drum out and faffing around with constant preping of chemicals. The easy way was to use 2 bath chemicals and a three dish set up with a dish warmer. In the end I could do all sizes up to 16x12 inch colour prints in total darkness reasonably easy. I found it far better than Jobo tank set up. I never used Nova tanks but I think that would be better then a Jobo tank set up.
 
shapeshifter said:
I started colour print processing with a Jobo cpe2. I soon got sick of washing the drum out and faffing around with constant preping of chemicals. The easy way was to use 2 bath chemicals and a three dish set up with a dish warmer. In the end I could do all sizes up to 16x12 inch colour prints in total darkness reasonably easy. I found it far better than Jobo tank set up. I never used Nova tanks but I think that would be better then a Jobo tank set up.
Click to expand...

Well I'm not sure Andy wants to do colour printing.....but I used to use Paterson print gear (like Jobo) and it was a lot cheaper than anything else but it did have one fault in that there wasn't anything to heat the water (well as far as I could remember maybe they sold an immersion heater thingy separately), anyway I just put it on a large dish warmer that I used when doing B\W. And like you eventually got p***ed off cleaning it out (necessary to stop contamination) and just put the three trays on the same dish warmer and just worked in the dark.
 
Correct Brian, just devving at the moment but who knows what the future holds....

I just want to make it as easy as possible to not mess it up.
 
I had a Jobo CPE2 with a lift (which I think is recommended) for a while and if I had the space and shot a lot of colour stuff I would have kept it.

I've only ever tried doing colour processing twice, the first time with water baths to keep everything at the right temperature and the second time with the CPE2 and the Jobo makes doing colour processing simple.

If you're going to do colour on a regular basis and are doing enough so you're not wasting chemicals then I can't recommend the Jobo highly enough. If on the other hand your only going to do a couple of rolls a month and will have to dismantle and empty the Jobo to put it away, tbh it's more trouble than it's worth and you may as well stick with Peak.
 
Cheers Nick.

It will probably be worth it for me in the long run as I do shoot more colour than b&w and as I have found that the whole process of shooting and devving myself so rewarding I want to do as much myself as possible. I'm thinking it will probably be 6 or 7 rolls a month on average so it should pay for itself fairly quickly.

Andy
 
Andysnap said:
Cheers Nick.

It will probably be worth it for me in the long run as I do shoot more colour than b&w and as I have found that the whole process of shooting and devving myself so rewarding I want to do as much myself as possible. I'm thinking it will probably be 6 or 7 rolls a month on average so it should pay for itself fairly quickly.

Andy
Click to expand...
That should keep the wastage to a minimum, I would try to find one with a lift though it does make it extra simple.
 
I've found hot water in a washing up bowl in the sink works fine for me, of course I have to keep an eye on the temperature a bit more but I've never had a problem.
 
walsh said:
I've found hot water in a washing up bowl in the sink works fine for me, of course I have to keep an eye on the temperature a bit more but I've never had a problem.
Click to expand...

I'm sure this will work well but I'm not sure you quite understand the depths of laziness and confusion that I can achieve during even the simplest of tasks, anything that automates the process and removes the need for me to be involved is a good thing. :D
 
Another vote for the Jobo from me.... never had any problems with it. I used E6, C41/prints and Cibachrome.

You do have to keep cleaning the tank when printing but cleanliness and eliminating cross-contamination is paramount whatever means you use.

CPE2 and lift is the lazy and easy way to go!
 
Another vote for the washing up bowl and kettle method using the same equipment you use for black and white. Once you've done it once there's no faff at all! I find it easier than black and white because the timing is always the same unless you are using very old chemicals!

I use the rollei digibase kit from Firstcall and it's easy as pie.
 
norters said:
Another vote for the washing up bowl and kettle method using the same equipment you use for black and white. Once you've done it once there's no faff at all! I find it easier than black and white because the timing is always the same unless you are using very old chemicals!

I use the rollei digibase kit from Firstcall and it's easy as pie.
Click to expand...

Thats the one where the chemicals are mixed per roll, rather than as a batch, is that right?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top