Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/08
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on 8/2/00 12:22 am, Byron Rakitzis at leica@rakitzis.com wrote:
> Hi, does anyone here have experience with APX25 in Xtol? I've run
> some APX100 and found I had to increase the time dramatically as
> compared with the "Massive Dev Chart" recommendations, and I was
> hoping to get some real-world experience from other LUGgers.
I find Xtol varies so much from batch to batch it pays to run a test when
you mix some up. However, I recently dunked some APX25 in Xtol 1:1 for 10
mins @ 68F (the datasheet says 6 mins, but for this batch I've been
increasing times by 15%, and I was developing N+1) and the results were very
nice.
As always, it depends on your personal technique and the subject: in this
case my subject was low contrast and my agitation gentle.
APX 25 in Rodinal is very nice too.
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