Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Help! (D400/Xtol) now high speed B&W
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:26:25 -0500
 
> <<  I have a closet darkroom that I could
> process film.  What would be a consistent B&W film/developer combo that I
> could shoot at several speeds.  I've seen a lot of discussion on Delta and
> and XTOL mixed at varying ratios.  I want to keep it fairly simple, but
> I'll to do whatever it takes to document these kids. >>

Unless you can process XTOL very consistently, you might not get results you
can count on.

I'd recommend D-76 1:1 and shoot Tri-X at 200/400/800.  It is very
forgiving.  Latitude with no attitude ;-)