Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: xtol times for acros
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 08:37:42 -0700
References: <MBBBJHIBKCKEAEOKKBPOGEDLDJAA.bdcolen@earthlink.net>

This doesn't exactly answer your question, but it's another viewpoint. I 
develop Acros in my JOBO, Xtol 1:1 for 6-1/2 min @ 70° and get outstanding 
negatives. I develop Tri-X the same.

I use Tetenal Protectan instead of a floating lid. It really works great. 
I've been using Protectan  forever and have never been disappointed. And a 
single can of it seems to run forever as well. So the price isn't a factor. 
I found 2 liters of Xtol in a 5 liter plastic bottle, it was hiding under 
my sink... The 5 liter was mixed in January (I always write the date on the 
bottle.) I ran a test roll through it two weeks ago and it is still perfect.

Jim


At 05:58 PM 5/5/2002 -0700, daniel wrote:
>I was hoping somebody on list might have some starting points time wise for
>xtol 1:3 for fuji acros. i bought a few rolls to test out my brand new 28mm
>summicron, which is the first new leica lens i've ever bought. A local store
>just became a dealer last week and I had the honor of the first leica
>purchase. They also gave me a generous trade in valus on my third version
>28mm elmarit. Also i read in the archives about xtol's need for full bottle
>storage to prevent oxidation. Well i was curious if anyone had experiance
>using a floating lid style storage container for the stock solution as
>oppossed to using a lot of small bottles.-daniel

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