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Also, taco boy mentioned something about the 'clearing' of film. Is this when the film is no longer light-sensitive?

So Kodak's two-chemical Rinse Bath is really the rinse and stabilizer both under one name? They are two seperate steps? Do they require two seperate tanks/trays? And Dan about the two-stage fixing... How would that work for single-use chemistry? It seems the point is to remove the last traces of silver not picked up in the first step because of used fixer. With my E-6 kit, all the chemicals including fixer are fresh every time. Is this still necessary? Sorry for being dense but I've got limited time to figure this out and zero help on my end. Thank you!

How would two-step fixing apply to single use chemistry and processing in a Jobo? Just put another dose of fixer in the tank after the first fixer bath? That would bring the total steps to nine with three done outside the machine.

Hey there Dan... I've read pleas for help posted by other clueless souls like

me and you always seem to have really good answers. So here's another: I've

read in my Jobo manual that it's not a good idea to run stabilizer through

because its very difficult to clean out all the way. It says to do that step

outsode the machine. Okay by me. I'm going to be using the Kodak Professional

Single-Use E-6 Kit and the paperwork I found lists a Final Rinse as the last

step to be performed outside the processor. Is this the stabilizer? I'm having

a hard time matching the steps in the Jobo manual to the chemicals in the Kodak

kit. The Jobo steps look like this:

 

First Developer -

Rinse -

Reversal Bath -

Color Developer -

Conditioner (is this the same as Kodak's Pre-Bleach?) -

Bleach Bath -

Fix Bath -

Final Rinse (Kodak has chemicals with this name) -

Stabilizer Bath (this is the one that throws me)

 

Do I need a chemical not included in the kit? There are 6 tanks in the Jobo and

up to 8 chemicals as far as I can tell. Perhaps I should be calling Kodak and

Jobo but I'd rather talk to someone who actually uses the machines, you know?

Thank you to anyone who can help.

The lab I work in is part of a company called Johnson PhotoImaging. I can develop all size film including E-6 and 120/220. We accept mail orders and anything sent to us can be shipped back out. You can also email anything straight to the lab. Our website is http://www.johnson-photography.com and the phone number is (941) 752-0550. We are based out of Bradenton, Florida.

Hope that helps!

Is there any other way other than nitrogen (which must be expensively acquired and stored) and protectan (which is not available in the U.S) to keep developing chemicals from going bad? I've heard of storing them in a refrigerator but that just seems to raise more issues since the developers need to be at certain temperatures.

I know its possible to process both black and white negative film and E-6 slide

film in the Jobo autolab. I was told the different chemicals all going through

same machine would throw density and contrast off if not monitored carefully.

Does anyone else process both film types in the same machine? How are the

results?