Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Xtol newbie
From: "Lee, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:27:43 -0400

Ken,

I've tried Xtol 1:3 for Delta 100 and was not terribly impressed. The negs
are sharp and the grain is excellent but IMO the midrange is compressed and
too harsh looking. I posted last week about this and am in search of other
developers for Delta 100. 

Jonathan Lee

- -----Original Message-----
From: Ken Benderly [mailto:benderly2@home.com]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:31 PM
To: Leica
Subject: [Leica] Xtol newbie


I've read so much good stuff about Xtol 1:3 that I had to go out a buy
some.  Last night I mixed it and developed a few rolls.  Part A turns a
little pink/orange in the water, right?  And it takes a really long time
to dissolve at 20 C.  Adding part B turns it milky white until
completely dissolved.  The label says the shelf life in a full bottle is
one year.  Yeah baby!!

I developed two rolls of Tmax 400.  Tmax 400 in D76 1:1 gives pretty hot
negatives.  Perhaps this is why people object to the Tmax stuff.  With
the Xtol 1:3 20 C for 15 1/2 minutes the TMY looked fairly subdued, kind
of like my Tri-X days.  I'll hit the darkroom tomorrow to see what I can
get out of the Xtol.

What are the favorite films with Xtol?  Do people like Tmax, Delta, or
others?
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Ken Benderly
pdx
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