Well, having recently acquired a Jobo ATL 1500, last night I processed my first batch of E6 in it.
I had ummed and aahhed for some time, about how to supply the tempered water for rinsing and eventually went for the option of a 5 gallon bucket, a Novatronic submersible heater and a Whale caravan pump; thus avoiding the hassle of plumbing in a thermostatic mixer valve and having tho keep the hot water running at all times to avoid our combi boiler from running cold water every time it switches on. Many thanks to Brian for his help in assuring me about this stuff.
After a couple of false starts, the biggest of which was not realising that the tempering bath in the processor wasn't full enough to allow the heater/pump to start working (that wasted an hour), The process ran and completed and I was greeted by six, slightly milky looking, transparencies, with visible detail!
Tetenal supply a stabiliser which they advise using without using the tank or reels, so I used my Paterson Orbital as a dish that would allow the meagre 300ml of liquid to cover the sheets of film.
After stabilisation, I felt the film looked like it was "dirty" but could have just been minute air bubbles; so I used my CombiPlan tank to immerse them in a bath with a drop of wetting agent.
I used my usual hairdryer to gently dry the sheets of film and, around an hour after the processor had started, I had six perfectly processed sheets of E6 film; four of which will be stitched into a panorama
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