Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Paterson film tank/XTOL question
From: Gilbert Plantinga <gilplant@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 10:09:38 -0400
 
on 6/10/01 9:00 AM, Simon Stevens at simon@camera-craftsman.com wrote:

> After years of struggling with metal reels I have just bought a Paterson
> super system 4 tank like I used to use. What I forgot, however, was that
> the Paterson tanks take very little developer - 290ml for the 35mm
> single reel tank. I have been getting very good results with XTOL 1:3
> but 290/4 is only 72ml of stock & Kodak says that 100 is required. Is it
> OK to fudge the 100ml requirement, or should I go to 1:2 dilution?
> 
> BTW, before I get jumped on for turning my back on tradition, I still
> prefer metal reels for 120.

Go ahead and "fudge." I've been running 4 rolls in a one liter tank, 1:3
works out to only 62.5ml/roll, no indication of the soup becoming exhausted.

Gilbert