Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com wrote: > > >Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:03:42 -0400 > >From: Aaron Ruby <aruby@rci.rutgers.edu> > >Subject: [Leica] Thanks again, LUG help to the rescue w/HP5+ > > > >Now, at the risk of being a pest, I'd like to ask if anyone has an > >estimate of how much more development is necessary to compensate for > >diluting XTOL to 1+1. Some LUGers mentioned they do this. The obvious > >benefit is economy. What are the costs? For those who use XTOL > >undiluted, do you use it more than once? > > Aaron, > > you can reuse undiluted developer, but you have to increase the time. I > prefer to use diluted developer. Look at this table for the times with > diluted developer: > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/j109/j109Table > sRollFilms1b.shtml#02 > > Jiri D. There are other advantages as to sharpness and film speed as there almost always is with dilution. I use it at 1:3. Mark Rabiner This will have it. http://www.migol.dircon.co.uk/photo/mega.html