Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I figured out Mark meant 1 +3, and I guess he used an e.i. of 400, but I have no clue how he agitated. Let me add a few comments: 1. if you use Xtol at high dilutions, be sure to use enough stock solution, at least 100 ml per film. I have found 1+1 dilution gives better result than 1+0, but I fail to see the advantages of higher than 1+1 dilutions 2. agitate gently, as the Xtol instructions say, not vigorously as the T-max developer instructions say. I have found 10 secs or 3 inversions per minute gives the same result as Kodaks recommended agitation every 30 secs and gives you time to do other things in-between 3. with Xtol 1+1 I think the true speed is just under 800. However this is a good combo for pushing - at least if your kind of photography permits you lose a little bit of shadow detail (which may not be case as you will be spot-metering, but is then Tri-X the right film for that type of photography?) 4. development times for stacks of e.i.s and dilutions and temperatures are on Kodak's web page. >> >> I am going tu use the good old Tri X (metering with zone system). Who can >> tell me a good developer for this film. >> >> Jochen >> >I have used this combination extensively: >Xtol 1:30 12 minutes at 70 degrees F. >Sharp as Rodinol, Fine grained as Microdol. >A whole new ballgame in what film can do. >Mark Rabiner - -- christer almqvist eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58