Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Aaron, I don't know if you're doing anything wrong but here is how I develop HP5+ in XTol : 7 mn 45 s at 24 degrees C. Constant agitation the 1st minute and 5 s agitation every 30 s. Keep the process in plus ou minus 0.2 degrees C. It works for me at least... Another point, it _seems_ that Trix-X presents less grain and a better sharpness... (yes, I'm trying to begin a flame war about films instead of I don't know what -because I did not read it- related to Americans ;-) ) All the best, - -- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com > what I might be doing wrong when processing HP5+ (rated at 400) in XTOL. > I seem to be getting excessive grain and lowish contrast negs. I've been > using 8.25 minutes at ~70 degrees. I'm not sure what to try next. > Longer? Shorter? I'm a bit confused. My agitation doesn't seem to be > that rigorous--I invert 4 times every 60 seconds after inverting > 30seconds initially. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Best, > > > A. Ruby