From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/12/00-08:12:58 PM Z
Just before his new book, "The Film Developing Handbook", came out
I happened to have a discussion with Steve Anchell about film and
developers. He recommended to me Ilford FP4 and Xtol 1:3. I did
some comparison tests with T-Max film and T-Max and D76 developers and
became convienced that the combination Steve recommended could not
be improved on. Subsequently I purchased his book and read the details
which are concerned with agitation and variation in developing times
for 35mm, roll and sheet film.
I have used all three films types in small, medium and large tanks
with great success. I am very pleased with the results. I have also
used HP5 with Xtol with excellant results.
I would strongly recommend Steve's book. Its a good read and contains
a plethora of development tables to fit almost and film and developer
in a number of different dilutions.
Of course I am talking about "normal" negatives not negatives for
alternative process printing. For those I also favor Ilford films
but use pyro and amidol developers as well as, D23 two bath.
Hope this helps,
Bob Schramm
>From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <tracez@mcn.net>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: Alt Photo <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Subject: xtol developer dilution
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:11:25 -0600
>
>Please excuse in advance if you are on both lists that I have posted this
>question to (pure silver, also)
>
>Help! I need your input on this: you know, when Kodak developed Xtol,
>they
>found out there was a problem with diluting: that is, you need to have 100
>ml (3.5 oz) Xtol PER ROLL of film in the tank in order to properly develop
>the film, and thus, when using a 16 oz tank and doing two rolls of film, a
>1:3 dilution (which the other photo faculty in my dept recommend) is
>technically impossible, you see? It would require 200 ml Xtol, and 600 ml
>water or 800 ml/28 oz. for a 1:3 dilution and there, of course, is not 28
>oz. in the tank. Otherwise, Kodak says, you get underdevelopment. I called
>Kodak on this and they agree with what I say; however, I think I prefer
>experienced photographers' opinions on this issue also.
> My question is, does anyone have experience with Xtol, how do you
>dilute
>it, do you find 1:3 in a small tank works fine, if it does result in
>underdevelopment how have you compensated in time for that, etc etc??
> I have seen a couple posts on Xtol, one person just lately said they
>used full strength Xtol, another at 1:1, which are the two choices I would
>tell my students. Am I correct in this or is 1:3 (against what Kodak says)
>OK?
>Chris
>
>
>
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