Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Xtol long
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 09:15:01 -0700

Tina Manley wrote:
> 
> At 04:22 PM 5/6/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >My first batch of Xtol is now washing.
> >Mark :-) Rabiner
> >It works!
> 
> Mark -
> 
> Watch the expiration on that Xtol!  I had read that it sometimes suddenly
> expires with no warning but I'd never had any problems and I've been using
> it since it first came out.  I had a little bit left of a gallon that
> shouldn't have expired until September so I used it for six rolls of Tri-X
> that I took in London and Chartres last week.  It had expired!!   Very
> faint negatives that I tried intensifying with no luck.  Made me sick!
> Next time I'll test it or toss it!
> 
> Leically,
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com/

My 5 liters went into 5 brown glass laboratory bottles which add a new
look to my darkroom. I made nifty labels for them with a label maker. I
have read the horror stories of almost clear film on news groups which
have shied me away this long. I'm going for it!
Before I run by trip shots I'm going to run some less important stuff
first and make sure my time is right and the developer hasn't croaked in
the night.
Mark Rabiner