JOBO processor HELP

[chaitanya_das_tamayo]

greetings!

 

i'm being offered a JOBO CPE2 plus tank for around USD300. is this a good price? and

does anybody have any experience with this particular unit to give advice if i should go for

it or not?

 

thanks,

 

chaitanya das

[g._armour_van_horn]

My CPE-2 is now relegated to backup status, but my recollection is that I paid $200 for it a bit over a year ago, including the lift. I wouldn't consider it without the lift. If it has the lift and the tanks and reels that you need for the work you intend to do, $300 in good shape might not be a bad investment. (Mine inluded only one tank and a couple of reels, but did have some other goodies like a set of JOBO graduates, a film squeegee, and several 600ml JOBO bottles.)

 

I ran a lot of E-6 with the CPE-2 and considered it a huge step forward from the collection of stainless reels and tanks I had been using. On the other hand, my current system is completely automatic and I really wouldn't want to go back to a system you have to attend through the entire 45-minute process. (That's the full 6-step E-6, B/W and C-41 are both simpler and quicker.)

 

Temperature control was good enough to get consistent results with E-6, which should mean it's good enough for anything else. The unit is on the light-weight side, and a lot of parts seem fragile, but with reasonable care it should process hundreds of rolls. This model will handle up to five rolls of 35mm, probably enough for most users.

 

Van

[chaitanya_das_tamayo]

noted. why wouldn't you consider it without the lift, sir?

 

thanks van.

[dpowis]

About the lift :

 

It is so much simpler with. When each step of the processing is over, you just lift the tank, it pours out into a pipe, you lower the tank and pour in the chemical for the next step.

 

Very easy.

 

Without the lif, you have to put your hands in the water, grab the tank out, splash water all over the place, empty it, fill it with the next chemical, re-attach it.

 

You get the point. (I've got a CPE2 with lift, by the way)

 

Hope this helps

 

Dan

[chaitanya_das_tamayo]

thanks for the help. i'm gonna go ahead and get it anyway because he lowered the price

to $260 and one doesn't see equipment like this here much(plus ive been dying to do my

own e6). i'll just get the lift subsequently.

 

thanks again fellas,

 

chaitanya das