Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Want a good 400 film... Tri-X in Xtol 1:3 by hand, 1:1 in a JOBO. SHARP! > > > I use xtol 1:1, 24deg 8 mins for Trix. I see a lot of people using 1:3. > What differences would I see if I dev 1:3 - are people doing this for > economy only? Is this by hand or automated? I believe one of the reasons not to use 1:3 is in automated processors, it is too diluted. They typically use less chemicals than regular darkroom tank processing, and Xtol requires a minimum of Xtol per unit area of film.