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Subject: [Leica] Re: Feli's XTOL
From: leica at robsteve.com (Robert Stevens)
Date: Tue Nov 29 08:39:57 2005

Feli:

I used Xtol exclisively a few years back.  Here are some tips to get 
consistent results.

1) Only buy the 5 litre kit.  The smaller kits had quality control 
problems which resulted in exhausted developer.

2.) When diluting use at least 100ml of full strength Xtol per roll 
of film.  You can sometimes get away with 75ml for Tmax 400, but Tmax 
100 needs the recommended 100ml.  With some tanks it is not possible 
to use higher dilutions and still contain the 100ml per roll.  This 
is a problem with Jobo rotary processors because the tanks are on 
their side and only hold about half as much chemistry compared when 
they are used upright with hand agitation.  The 4 roll tank takes 
about 600ml, so it is only possible to use Xtol full strength or 
develop only 3 rolls at 1:1 (300ml xtol: 300ml water).

3.)  Follow the time/ temperature and agitation  recommendations 
supplied by Kodak.  Doing this, your negativse will be very printable 
unless you are doing something wrong with your exposure or are using 
the zone system.

My PAW from 2002 used Xtol for the B&W.

http://www.robsteve.com/PAW/

Regards,

Robert


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