Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/12

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Test report: Stand development in XTOL
From: Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:47:58 -0800
References: <B65BD735.A4D1%howard.390@osu.edu>

Yes!!!

And to test this, shoot a roll straight up at a blue sky. Nothing else in
the picture. Just sky. Focus the lens on infinity. Shoot the whole roll.
Then process however you want. And then print some framed from the
beginning, middle, and end of the roll. This can wake you up as to how good
your development technique is.

Jim

>
>At 02:37 PM 12/12/00 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>Stand development is going to give you weird drippy shifts in your open 
>skies, Martin!
>I'd try agitation less like every other minute so this doesn't happen.
>Or every third minute even!
>or alternate between developer and water bath a few times.
>Are you negs uncompensated? (they should file a lawsuit!)
>i know you said you did it for laughs…
>
>mark arbiner
>
>Martin Howard wrote:
>> 
>> Just for laughs, I also conducted the stand development test in XTOL.
>> Going against all Kodak's recommendations, I chose to do this at a 1:3
>> dilution in a two-reel Paterson Super System 4 tank, which meant that there
>> was 75ml of undiluted XTOL per roll of film, which is less than the 100ml
>> per film that Kodak claims is necessary.

In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> ([Leica] Test report: Stand development in XTOL)