Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] XTOL giving Mark the giggles
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 14:09:05 -0400
References: <200201050255.VAA06302@tigercat.nyfir.pwj.com> <3C369A54.9ACFB61A@markrabiner.com> <003601c195e5$777e4d60$bd3afea9@oemcomputer>

Mark:

What is your time for TMAX 400?   I had used XTOL with TMAX and found the 
negatives thin, but still printed well.  I used to always shoot Tri-X and 
with those negatives, you used the lay them on a sheet of newspaper to see 
if they were the proper density method.  It doesn't seem that way with any 
of the three TMAX films I have tried.

  I just bought a five liter kit of Xtol and will give it a try tonight on 
some TMAX.  I was in my darkroom this morning and realized I had hundreds 
of bottles from the AGFA E6 process I use.  It is a kit that comes in 150ml 
plastic bottles to make up the solutions.  I will have no problem finding 
33 for the 5 liters.  BTW, the 5 liter kit was $14 CAD or about $10 
USD.  Not a lot of money to worry about wasting a bit in the process.  If I 
only need 100ml for the process, using the extra fifty mil, really doesn't 
bring up the cost much.  If I use 100ml per roll it is only twenty cents 
per roll.  If I waste some and average 150ml a roll, it is only thrity 
three cents a roll.

I guess no matter how you use it, the idea is to be consistent and stick to 
a time and dilution that works for you.

I am off to the darkroom to mix some Xtol.


Regards,

Robert



At 09:26 AM 1/5/2002 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote:


>Kodak took 1:3 out of it's recommendations when people had trouble with TMX.
>They said "Gee maybe they'll have problems with other films too! We
>better cover our buts!"
>1:3 used to be in the literature. Now it's not.
>It was probably their marketing people who did it because they fired all
>their B&W lab people.
>
>Mark
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