Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I use XTOL as a one-shot developer. Nevertheless, I found that the time >compensations listed by Kodak are necessary for me when I use diluted >XTOL. >Like you say, everyone's mileage will vary. > >Nathan > >Rob Schneider-Laura Tully wrote: > >> Read it again. This section relates to reusing full-strength developer. I did read it again, and then I downloaded the latest version. The latest version makes reference to full strength developer, and in that it differs from the version I had previously downloaded and had been using as hard copy. Alas, I now think you have a point when you say that (quote) perhaps for your exposure, development, enlarger, printing routine you need an additional 15%, but I don't believe it has anything to do with "time compensation" gyrations related to how many rolls of film you plan to soup in -DILUTED- XTOL. Your mileage may vary, indeed! (end quote) It would have been really helpful if Kodak had practiced what I learned on my first job: if you write a fact sheet, then put a date on it and/or a version number, and indicate in the margin where you have made changes from the previous version. The same applies to Ilford and a few other. If there are no version numbers, the result is that people collect more fact sheets than they need, just to be on the safe side, and spend unnecessary time checking if something has changed, or, like I did, use old fact sheets. - -- christer almqvist eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58