Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reason why I'd really look forward to trying the D76 with ascorbic acid is the Metol used instead of Phenidone. Xtol is not a pushing formula you are using the iso number on your box of film. Same as D76 for the most part. Metol I prefer to Phenidone because its a sharper and more clearer looking developer than Phenidone. Much better adjacency effects. Good ones. So if Xtol goes under you can mix up your own with Phenidone or Metol/Elon whatever you want. I'd go with the latter. Or at least try it. The water in NY has a varied history. Xtol has been a miracle paradigm shifter for darkroom work. But its miracle mainly is the use of acerbic acid as a developing agent. And that can be applied to a lot of different pre existing formulas even ones not based on Phenidone. On 12/3/14 2:13 PM, "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > The phenidone in XTOL affords a reliably higher iso than D76 type > developers (at the cost of pushability), plus you can replenish XTOL with > more XTOL. The same is true for the published MYTOL formulas. I used the > same 1gal of XTOL, replenished for each roll of film, for over a year > before I started digital. It was still working just fine when I dumped it. > > > -Lew Schwartz > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> If you added a tap of ascorbic acid (vitamins C) as a friend of mine did >> to >> just mixed up D76 1:1 you'd find the results not that far from Xtol and >> maybe even better. Actually a lot of people did this. Still doing it >> maybe. >> Xtol without the fear. >> If your ascorbic acid (maybe just get some in powder from either from a >> drugstore or a photo place) is a little chunky looking as in not fully >> dissolved I'd not worry about it. >> >> >> On 12/3/14 12:12 PM, "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> As I get ready to resume darkroom work, I'm looking to mix up my >> favorite, >>> XTOL. I'm apprehensive that it's availability is uncertain due to the >>> bankruptcy. I'm surprised, however, not to find any concern about this >>> anywhere. Has Kodak assured us that the photo chemical division is alive >> & >>> well going forward? >>> >>> >>> -Lew Schwartz >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/