Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is almost certainly developer failure. Tmax 100 is an excellent, reliable film. If you have switched to another film and like it, okay. But TMX has taken a bad rap here. I am now working on my 3d 5 liter batch of Xtol. Batches 1 and 2 worked perfectly with all films souped therein and lasted just more or just less than 1 year before used up. The developer performed exactly to the standard claimed for it. That doesn't mean all those people who reported sudden failure of the product are mistaken, but it hasn't happened to me. I do take a precaution, however, of developing a test strip before committing some serious photography to the soup. I hope Mark is right about Xtol reliability, but until the matter is settled, I'll do it this way. OTOH, you could use the excellent D76 or ID11 and not worry about it. Allen Zak << (snip) I ran Xtol twice this week from months old bottles and all has gone well as usual. No Xtol failure ever for this dude and it's getting into the years. (snip) Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ It sounds like "Xtol failure". Xtol failure is what the Newsgroups are calling obviouly when this happens. When Xtol Fails. I think i disagree with the term.>>