Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i just finished off my 5 liters of xtol, mixed at the beginning of april 2003. all used 1+3. i do use distilled water and usually go over the 100ml per roll amount; for example, 600 ml for 5 rolls. i tend to prefer the conventional (non-tabular film) except for delta 3200. when mixing my latest batch today, i noticed that the latest packages don't turn pink and blue as you add part A and part B as i remebered they used to. - -rei On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 12:26:24PM -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Don Dory wrote: > > > > And for those of the list members into PMK Rei's suggestion works with > > PMK as well. > > > > here's a trick i use to get a lot of developer in a small tank. > > i mix up twice the volume of the tank, and during the agitation > > period corresponding to the middle to the development time, (or > > the one before that if it does not fall in the middle,). it may > > not be excatly the same as using a giant tank and all the developer > > at once, but it generally seems to work well for me. i have no > > problem using 1+3 even with films like delta 3200. > > > > i haven't used TMAX, because lately i've been on an ilford diet > > (with the exception of Neopan1600) but the i've been on a bulk-loading > > binge > > lately and you can get TMZ in 100' rolls... > > > > -rei > > > If i was going to let Xtol sit for over an hour diluted 1:3 I'd go out > and get some fancy water and change my will. > Which ever comes first. > > > Don I honesty think your water works but ours may not. And yours may not > on Tuesdays when they clean the system sub pipes. > > They tell you with emphases on oxidation problems with ascorbic acid > being about the only problem. > Don't let it sit. It dies when it sits. > Woof! > > > Its yours to do or Die-lute! > > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > > T-Max 400 in Xtol i hear and have seen is a killer. (A good one) I > gesssed the 8x10's I saw were Tmax 100 in rodinal 1: 50 or 1:75. > > I've not done much with the 3200/1600 in Xtol. > > I do feel that with Xtol it matters less which film you use it seems to > make them all at least usable if not great. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html