Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, Dan I will do 1+1 on my next two films, I want avoid long develping times. I?ve used HC110 many years ago, but I liked better ID11/D76 Cheers Lluis > El 15 juny 2017, a les 11:49, Christopher Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> va escriure: > > Its been years since I used Xtol. I never really liked the tonality as > much as D-76, though Xtol does give finer grain. I got best results > diluted 1+1. > > Be careful with higher dilutions. Kodak, when it first came out, listed > times for 1+2 and 1+3 dilutions. A lot of photographers got severely > underdeveloped negs with those dilutions, using Kodak?s times. Turns out, > Xtol cannot stand being diluted that much unless you develop the film in a > much larger tank than you normally need. I think there had to be 200ml of > stock in the diluted developer for each roll, so for 1+3 developing, you > could do only one roll in a 32ox tank that could hold four rolls! > > Kodak published the minimum stock quantity needed but a lot of people > ignored it and complained, so they just stopped publishing the times for > the higher dilutions! > > I actually have a copy in PDF format of the original Xtol info booklet, > but the times would be off for Kodak films now since Kodak reformulated > Tri-X and the Tmax films since then. They did publish times for Ilford > films, which might still work if you?re interested in seeing it. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 6/15/17, 5:15 AM, "LUG on behalf of lluisripollphotography" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don?t have a large experience with Xtol, I?ve used for years ID11/D76. >> I?ve developed my two last films of Bergger Pancro 400 in Xtol Stock at >> the recomended time, but I?m unhappy with the results. I?ve used it in >> stock to get the shortest developing time and minimize the grain effect. >> >> I would like hear your experiences with Xtol, I mainly use FP4 and HP5. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Lluis >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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