Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:20 PM 5/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >I finally bought some XTOL at the urging of many LUG and Rollei List >members. This is an interesting developer. > >First, it was released in the US first in a five-litre size and many camera >stores are unwilling to stock the smaller 1-litre size until they sell out >of the larger size. And since the five-litre size is grotesquely >inconvenient for an American user (it comes out to about 1 gallon, 1 quart, >and slightly more than a cup), US purchasers avoid this size like the >plague. (I was sold a five-litre size by my local camera store at the >1-litre price just to unload it: they haven't sold ANY of the five-litre >size!) This may be one of Kodak's dumbest marketing ploys. >Marc > Marc - I've been ordering mine from B&H. The litre size is $3.29 and the 5 litre is $7.29. Quite a savings in the larger size and since it has a shelf life of over a year, mixed, it really pays to get the larger size. I use so much, I never even thought about the litre size. I really like this developer! Tina ______________________________________________________________________ Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>