Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, you and others may be interested in this article http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/VitC/vitc.html that describes the use of vitamin-c developers containing, mostly, easy to obtain chemicals. That site http://unblinkingeye.com/ has a lot of interesting articles on odd and forgotten darkroom practices. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] XTOL Mixing At 07:55 PM 2/17/02 -0400, Robert G. Stevens wrote: >Up here in Canada Xtol cost $14 CAD ($8.75 USD) for five litres. It seems >pretty cheap and unless your hobby is photographic chemistry, it doesn't >look like their would be much savings in mixing it yourself. Down here in the US, XTOL is not generally available outside of larger cities, as most photo stores refuse to carry it. Thus, the interest in developing a self-mixing formula. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html