Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I finally bought some XTOL at the urging of many LUG and Rollei List members. This is an interesting developer. First, it was released in the US first in a five-litre size and many camera stores are unwilling to stock the smaller 1-litre size until they sell out of the larger size. And since the five-litre size is grotesquely inconvenient for an American user (it comes out to about 1 gallon, 1 quart, and slightly more than a cup), US purchasers avoid this size like the plague. (I was sold a five-litre size by my local camera store at the 1-litre price just to unload it: they haven't sold ANY of the five-litre size!) This may be one of Kodak's dumbest marketing ploys. Second, it mixes magnificently. It mixes much more easily than does D-76 or ID-11+. Third, it works quite well. I have processed ONE roll, of Leica-shot TMZ and have one more roll ready to go, a Rolleiflex 2.8GX-taken roll of Ilford's PanF+. The quality of the single roll I have developed is on par, completely, with the Rodinal-developed TMY I have been printing to this point. This analysis comes only after developing, not printing. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!