Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don. Mark - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:35 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Don's PAW 5 "Protected" Xtol process > Mark, > I use a small tank with Xtol (made with distilled water, stock solution > stored in an air tight container with all the air eliminated, in my case one > of the accordion tanks purchased at a camera store.) diluted 1/3 using > filtered water. I use 100ml stock per 36 exposure roll but others on this > list(Mark Rabiner) use approximately 67ml. > > Time is 17.5 minutes at 68F/20C. At this point I depart from standard > practice. I use continuous agitation for the first minute then ten seconds > every two minutes. After the development step I use a water stop for two > minutes, no agitation after removing the air bells. > > The remainder of the process is normal, fix, rinse, rinse aid, wash, > photoflo, dry. > > This procedure provides very long scale negatives that don't block up. > Therefore I can pull information over a eight stop range maybe nine. > Getting all the information to the print is the hard part. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html