Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I use a small tank with Xtol (made with distilled water, stock solution stored in an air tight container with all the air eliminated, in my case one of the accordion tanks purchased at a camera store.) diluted 1/3 using filtered water. I use 100ml stock per 36 exposure roll but others on this list(Mark Rabiner) use approximately 67ml. Time is 17.5 minutes at 68F/20C. At this point I depart from standard practice. I use continuous agitation for the first minute then ten seconds every two minutes. After the development step I use a water stop for two minutes, no agitation after removing the air bells. The remainder of the process is normal, fix, rinse, rinse aid, wash, photoflo, dry. This procedure provides very long scale negatives that don't block up. Therefore I can pull information over a eight stop range maybe nine. Getting all the information to the print is the hard part. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html