Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The edge marking density is usually an idication of your development. If the density of the edge markings are very weal, then it would mean that you underdeveloped the film. What was your temperature of developer? Dilution? etc. Ed On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Richard E. Baznik wrote: > Yesterday I processed a roll of TMX in XTOL for the first time (shot in an > M6 with Tri-Elmar and thin Tele-Elmarit, so we have some relevance to the > LUG). I shot at EI 100, and used a 1:3 dilution for 13 minutes at 74F. > Great negatives, wonderful prints. > > One question, however. The frame numbers and other Kodak verbage on the > edges of the film are practically invisible. Is this a common trait of > XTOL? I've never had that result with any other developer, and I've used > quite a few. It is slightly inconvenient, but I'll live with it if that's > the price of getting negatives like these. > > Anyone have a similar experience?///REB > > > > Richard E. Baznik > Vice President for Public Affairs > Case Western Reserve University > 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7021, U.S.A. > Voice: (216) 368-2338 > Fax: (216) 368-6674 > >