[LargeFormat] 8x10 b/w processing

[Tim Atherton]

>The only drum JOBO has for 8x10 film is the 3005 Expert drum.

I use this on a Unicolor motor base. I didn't want to fork out for the whole
Jobo setup because I do much more colour (which goes to a lab) than B&W. And
I also got the drum cheap on ebay.

It works pretty well. I've run several types of films and developers through
this. The only film that doesn't seem to like it is HP5 which somehow always
seems to come up with some edge density - none of the others.

There's a few tricks of the trade to doing it, and it's a touch fiddly, but
it works. If you can cope with doing two sheets at a time, you can go with
the much cheaper (on ebay) Unicolor 11x14 drums. Again, there's a couple of
tricks to doing it easily. And with a bit of patience you can hunt down two
or three drums.

This is budget drum processing... despite all the instructions and hints
I've ever read, I have NEVER managed tray processing without scratching. + I
don't want to hand around in the dark all that time... in fact I don't have
a darkroom any more for this stuff. The drums are done in the kitchen.

tim