Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken: I think you are right on the five rolls per litre. Is it expensive? I pay about $3.10 for the one litre kit and that makes it about 62 cents per roll. I think that is pretty cheap. It is probably much cheaper in the larger sizes. Regards, Robert At 01:08 PM 6/23/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Robert, > >Thanks for the info. This makes it sound like XTOL is very expensive and >not too convenient. I have a collection of bits and pieces so I can process >up to 8 rolls at a time. I have gotten used to doing batches of film at one >time in TMax RS 1 shot. I suppose I could get used to developing film in >smaller batches. If you can only do 5 rolls per litre, doesn't that get >expensive? > >Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robert G. Stevens [SMTP:robsteve@hfx.andara.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:32 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] XTOL Question in Jobo >> >> Ken: >> >> Jobo and xtol work great, but with some dilutions, the tanks will not hold >> enough developer to do the film capacity of the tank. Jobo has a page on >> it, and if you read it carefully, it says you need 200ml of full strength >> developer per roll. They also go on to say that as little as 140ml per >> roll works with some Kodak films. >> >> http://www.jobo-usa.com/jobofoto/bulletins/xtol.htm >> >> What this means is with 1:3 dilution, to do one film, you should add at >> least 560ml of diluted solution, or 600ml if you use the 200ml per film >> figure. This is too much solution for the jobo tanks, where a one reel >> tank take 140ml, a two reel 260ml, and a three reel tank combo taking >> 470ml. I guess you could do one roll in the four reel tank that takes >> 590ml. As you see, dilutions and Jobo's can be complicated. Using an >> eight reel tank, you may be able to develop two rolls of film! This is >> all >> fine, if you have the larger tanks, but limiting if all you have is the >> 260ml, two roll tank. >> >> I tend to use Xtol undiluted with the jobo. I have since gotten the >> larger >> tanks and may try it 1:1. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> >> >> > >