Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Going back to my film days: I remember Kodak's warnings to ensure at least 100 ml of developer for each roll of film. But after I became a disciple of the watered-down XTOL, in my case 1:3, I routinely violated this admonition. When developing 2 rolls in a Jobo tank, I would have 500 ml of solution in the tank, i.e. 125 ml of developer for the 2 rolls. It worked just fine with Fuji Acros, my most frequently used film at the time. When developing Tri-X and Neopan 1600, I usually stuck to 1:1 dilutions. Nathan pmcc wrote: > I'm dimly aware of an issue that arises when using > Xtol in dilutions greater than 1:1, namely, that there > is a minimum quantity of stock solution *before > dilution* necessary to develop a standard 35mm roll of > film. I think of it this way: if a bartender waters > the drinks, you will need to drink a greater volume of > the diluted drinks in order to ingest the same > quantity of alcohol. While you can use extended > development time to compensate for higher dilutions > when using Rodinal, can you do the same when using > Xtol, or do you reach some kind of absolute limit when > using Xtol, or minimum quantity of stock solution to > achieve successful development? Seems to me there > comes a point where the drinks are so weak that you'd > have to urinate yourself to death before achieving any > degree of inebriation. > > Can anyone shed more light on this when using higher > dilutions -- e.g., 1:2 and 1:3 -- of Xtol? > > Peter. > SF, CA > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all > the tools to get online. > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands *Opportunistic Image Acquisition* General photography: http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville: http://www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!