Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > My old time partner used to say, "you don't need anything but Metol, Sulfite and > water and you got the very best all round developer you'll ever need!" Now he did > say that 40 years ago and I suppose there've been improvements since then. EXTOL? > > But when I print 35 - 40 year old negs and they produce a print quality like nothing > from the negs of today, I have to wonder what was the improvement? If only one could > buy the D23 already mixed I'd be inclined to use it once again over all the others! > > ted Eventually after printing enough Delta 100 in Xtol 1:3 which i mainly shoot on the white backdrop I'll see if it really was better than my excellent old Panatomic X negs in Beutlers or Rodinal. I mainly shot that on the white backdrop as well. Those older negs always make me smile when i print them. But i think Delta 100 (at 100) is stacking up very well because of this amazing new developer sensation; Xtol. I do think it's a sensation. mark rabiner :) http://spokenword.to/rabiner/ Pan F in Rodinal didn't quite cut it some how for me.