Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you could easily go two months before a new mix. I wonder if my smaller jars are helping it last longer. I personally like the results I get from XTOL so well I would not hesitate to mix new every two months if thats what it takes. Good luck with whatever you end up with. Len On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > It's a developer that I would like to like. The local professional > darkroom > uses it, and they have given me my absolute best TRI-X negatives. I > have > been storing it in 500ml amber bottles (filled to the top). But > some of the > negatives I've gotten from it after 6 months have been really bad. > That's > why I would rather not keep it long. It is cheap enough that I > could afford > to mix new each month or two, but I hate pouring unused developer > down the > drain. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Leonard > Taupier > Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:47 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Has this ever happened to one of you? > > > Hello, Jeffery, > > I've never had XTOL go bad on me. Maybe I'm just lucky but what I do > is mix up the full 5 liters and then fully fill 5, 1 quart Bell > canning jars, right to the top (a little left over for a 6th > bottle). I then cover each jar with the blue plastic Hellmans (Best) > 30 oz mayonnaise jar tops (remove cardboard inner liner) . I use the > partial 6th bottle first. It is a perfect, tight fit to the Ball > jars. As long as the XTOL is perfectly clear, it is good. Once it > gets a slight yellowish tint I throw it out. I have never had a full > bottle turn, only when it gets down to the last 3 or 4 ozs. I use > XTOL 1:1 and generally use the 5 liters within 2 months or so (about > 28 rolls of 135). There are no local shops that carry XTOL so I buy > it from B&H. I also find that XTOL works pretty well with just about > any film. > > I hope this info is helpful to anyone that wants to try XTOL. > > Len > > > > > On Dec 3, 2006, at 8:12 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> What I like about XTOL is that it is very easy to mix. What I hate >> about it >> is that it looks perfectly good when it has died in the bottle. The >> cure for >> that problem would be to make smaller amounts every month, but Kodak >> discontinued the small size packaging. Which brings me to the >> Neopan 400 >> question...what is the best developer to use for Neopan 400? I >> don't like to >> use the Ilford liquid developers as they don't seem very reliable >> (like >> XTOL, I cannot determine if they have died in the bottle on the way >> over the >> pond). >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> http://www.400tx.com >> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Marc >> James Small >> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 5:45 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Has this ever happened to one of you? >> >> >> At 06:17 PM 12/3/2006, Jeffery Smith wrote: >>> The offending liquid was a sample of Arista Premium Developer from >>> Freestyle. I had no D76 on hand and tried it on some Neopan 400. I >>> guess >>> this is why nobody I know uses Arista Premium Developer. :-0 >> >> Jeffery >> >> I always keep the raw chemicals for D-76 on >> hand. This stuff lasts forever and is quite >> inexpensive so, whenever I am caught without any >> developer on hand, I can fall back on home-made >> D-76. (Kodak blew a marketing opportunity this >> year, as 2006 marks the 80th anniversary of >> D-76. But then AGFA failed to do much with >> Rodinal when it turned 100 15 years ago. And >> almost no one has noted that 2006 is the 250th >> birthday of Voigtl?nder, albeit the company >> really ceased as an independent entity when it >> was merged with Zeiss Ikon in 1966 (the 210th >> birthyear!), then passed on to Rollei in 2003, >> gutted by them, with the brand names but nothing >> else later passing to the company which licenses these to Cosina.) >> >> I like XTOL but find it almost impossible to find >> locally. There is a home-brew recipe for that >> but I've never tried it -- you start out with >> orange juice and then you ... <he >> grins>. Someday, I'll try out the home-brew >> recipe to see what happens. Rodinal also lasts a >> LONG time so long as it is in glass bottles and >> not in plastic: I have some Rodinal which must >> be 40 years old or older but which keeps on working. >> >> Marc >> >> >> msmall@aya.yale.edu >> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information