Paterson Super System 4 Multi-Reel 8 Tank PTP118 with AGO Funnel

Overview

In the box: the tank body with its watertight EVA cap, the AGO-modified three-hole funnel, an agitation rod and the lid. Paterson supplies the 3-, 5- and 8-reel tanks without reels, so add as many Paterson Auto-Load reels as you intend to run. Drilling the funnel does not affect light-tightness, so the tank still works for ordinary hand inversion as well as on the AGO. On the AGO in horizontal rotary, minimum chemistry is 950 ml for roll film (110, 135, 120/220/127), 750 ml for 4x5 and 9x12cm, 500 ml for 5x7, and 400 ml for 8x10 with the REEL - Paper 5, which takes RA-4 paper, black-and-white paper or large-format sheet film. Rotary agitation uses up to 60% less chemistry than traditional vertical or inversion agitation methods. Vertical stick agitation is there for chemistry that does not tolerate continuous agitation, but the AGO's time compensation is active in rotary mode only: in stick mode the temperature probe does not sit in the liquid, so compensation is switched off. The REEL - Paper 8, for RA-4 or black-and-white prints up to 30 x 40 cm (12 x 16 in), fits this tank and no other, and is designed for rotary processing only - it cannot be hand-inverted and needs the AGO.