Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Robert Brummett wrote: >> >> >Hi friends: >> > >> >Some months ago, in the LUG there was an interesting thread on developers. >> >There was somebody that pointed out the new Kodak x-tol developer, and >>seemed >> >to have quite an expertise in using it. >> >I started using it, and although I already prefer it to my former T-max >> >developer, I still have some black holes. >> > >> >Could this person please tell me what does it change to use it at full >> >strength, or at each of the different dilutions? I find the info that kodak >> >has on the internet, insufficient. >> > >> >Also, when I use it at full strength(supposedly reusable for an amount of >> >rolls) and keep it in the common black plastic bottle, when I want to reuse >>it >> >for the second time, after some days, it has a grey color, totally different >> >from the transparent color it had after the first use. Is this normal? If it >> >is not, I am worried that it could be my chrome M6 dying its color into the >> >negatives and them to the developer. >> > >> >P.S: As you see IT IS a Leica-related message : ) >> > >> > >> > Nicolas Levinton. Madrid. SPAIN >> > nlevintonm.i-solev@nexo.es >> >> Nicolas- >> >> You may be seeing the residue of anti-halation (and perhaps other) dyes >> from the film you have developed. I use, and recommend, a water pre-soak >> immediately preceding development. In addition to removing some of the >> dyes, this pre-soak renders the film more amenable to even development and >> helps toprevent airbells. I doubt that the discoloration represents any >> serious problem, BUT it is just another reason to consider going to a >> developer that allows fresh, mix-on-the-spot, one-shot doses. >> >> Robert >Nicolas: >If you are going to pre-soak, you will probably need to increase your >development time about 20% >Randolph Test this with care! I have pre-soaked for years, and my times are always 20-25% BELOW Kodak reccs. I don't doubt Randolph's warning, but I'd like to know how he arrives at it. Robert