Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] XTOL capacity & time (was Question)
From: Rob Schneider-Laura Tully <robslaurat@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:59:19 -0400

> Trust me, if you roll your film back to back you need more time. At
1:3
> I'm at 14 with Tri X but back to back it's 18.
>
> And I'd like to weigh in as a pre-wetter. I've always been one. They

> tried hooking be up at night to a....
> well nevermind.
> Mark Rabiner
>
> "Never met a neg I didn't prewet"
> "The only good neg is a wet neg"

 I don't roll my film back to back, so I'll take your word for it.  As
for pre-wetting, I did
- -- one minute in distilled water.  Then I stopped.  I might begin
again.  It doesn't really
seem to make any difference,
although the developer pours out much less foamy with TMZ if you
pre-wet.  The first soak must
wash away the built-in wetting agent.  Again, doesn't seem to matter.

Rob