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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] XTOL giving Mark the giggles
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 11:15:43 -0800
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"Robert G. Stevens" wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
I'm sure those Agfa bottles are probably OK but if they are "darkroom
plastic" type  you commonly see in camera stores and not super high
quality lab plastic Teflon coated and so on or glass then I'd spurn them.
I don't shoot T-Max film in roll film. Only sheet film. So i don't have
a time for them.


Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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