jeffrey_bromberger

Hi! I am back to shooting film again, more than I ever did. Most of it is medium format, which I love working with. I'm using a mix of Portra 400, old (frozen) Fuji NHG2 and now CineStill 800T. This morning, I mixed up a one-quart Arista C-41 kit, for use with my Jobo. Ran six strips on three spools through the process. Ran it at 90F, and the instructions said 8 minutes. Saved the spent chemicals - back into the mix bottles. When the spools and tank was dry, I loaded it up again, and ran a second batch of six strips on three reels. Upped the developer time by 8%, just as the instructions say. At the end of the day, I had processed all twelve of the 120s that I had planned to. But... While the kit talks briefly about capacity, it said 8 strips was the standard amount to process. After that, they start hemming and hawing about how long the kit lasts once mixed and exposed to air. Nice to know, but that does not answer the capacity question. Without replentishment, how much can I actually do? If I could process 20 pieces of film in one batch, will I get good results? In other words, if take the oxidation factor out of the equation, what's the point where there is not enough "fresh" chemical in the reused mix to get processing done well? Thanks in advance for any light you can (figuratively) shine on this. j

Items are still available. Send me a PM - I have some other parts that fit this system that you might be interested in, too. j

I have what I believe to be a new Jobo 4323 tank for sale. This is still with the original box, and I don't recall ever using this particular tank. To make the package complete, I am also offering two 2023 reels. One is absolutely new in the box (the tape just popped off in my hand) and the other I had used in a different tank. The tank has the magnet at the bottom, and is probably better suited for processing on a non-lift machine. It isn't compatible with my CPE-2 due to the lack of a cog lid. This is the primary reason I am selling this - I am trying to upgrade to the newer tank system. I'm asking $150 for the lot of three items, but if this is way out of range, let me know and I am willing to negotiate. Thanks for looking!

I have to apologize here - you are correct. I've goofed up close-up and telephoto. I should have recognized this as I was typing, but sometimes the brain fails to engage the clutch all the way. For portraits, usually I stick to my larger Rollei with a 180mm lens, but was trying to get somewhere else and find my thoughts stuck in the mud. If I am really going to do a portrait with a TLR, I have better luck buying a different lens set for my Mamiyaflex C2, where the 180 pair can be found on EBay for not much money. Thanks to everyone for answering and setting me straight again. It's appreciated! j

<p>Thanks for the parallax solutions, but the first nut to crack is what to use in place of the Rolleinar set. Do I just slap on the close-up diopters on both of the Taking and Viewing lenses? Or is there a difference between the two so I have to work more magic here?</p> <p>Thanks again!</p> <p>j</p>

<p>Hi!</p> <p>So, the idea is to do a portrait/headshot using my Ricoh Super44 TLR. It's a late 1950's vintage 127 camera, shooting 4x4, and I enjoy the way it handles. If I was using a Baby Grey, I'd get a Rolleinar closeup set to get the job done. But, of course, there's always a fly in the ointment. This Ricoh has threaded, not Bay1, taking and viewing lenses. And, to make the party even happier, they are 34mm diameter, which is a royal PITA to find anything for, except for maybe a step-up ring.</p> <p>If I wanted to emulate the Rolleinar kit on this camera, I suspect that I'd have to buy two of the standard diopter kits, and mount one lens on each of the viewing/taking pair? And then, of course, the step-up rings with the diopters cannot be so big that they crunch into each other, right? And as for parallax correction/adjustment?</p> <p>Yeah, this sounds like a herculean effort, but I'd love to find a way to make this happen. If anybody has experience in doing this, or even a pointer in what seems like a good direction, I'd love to hear from you!</p> <p>Thanks in advance!</p> <p>j</p>