Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Recipe for using Xtol developer; WAS: Varianton"Food for Leicas"
From: John Brownlow <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:56:01 -0400

on 15/8/00 7:33 pm, Mark Rabiner at mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com wrote:

> Jesse Hellman wrote:
>> 
>> I used Xtol 1:2 until I read Kodak's warning about the need for 100ml of
>> the stock solution per roll. I thought it better to be safe, so changed
>> to 1:1. The results have been excellent.
>> 
>> Jesse
> 
> To chime in again I gleefully ignore Kodak's warning about the need for 100 ml
> of the stock solution per roll.
> Just give it another couple of minutes from a recommended time it probably
> turns out.
> I put 4 rolls in a 4 roll one liter tank.
> No problemo!
> and that's 1:3 so that's 62.5ml per roll instead of their lawyers request of
> 100. :)
> Go figure! Works great!

Okay... now I have to try this... very cool!
- -- 
Johnny Deadman

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

Replies: Reply from Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net> (Re: [Leica] Recipe for using Xtol developer; WAS: Varianton"Foodfor Leicas")
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Reply from Jesse Hellman <palio@miata.net> (Re: [Leica] Recipe for using Xtol developer; WAS: Varianton"Foodfor Leicas")