Re: HIE and xtol

[Jud Hofmann <judhofmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tolga -

>Hi all,
>Anyone has experiences with xtol? Kodak suggests 8.75 mins @68F for 0.58 CI.
>I've develepoed 9.50 min for a little bit more contrast but most of the
>images are underdeveloped. I was using D76 stock 11mins and having good
>results. But when I checked Kodak's site for D76 times, I saw that they
>suggest 8.5 mins for 0.7 contrast index. Now I understand why my roll is
>underdeveloped but I'm also confused a little bit. How much should I
>increase the developping time or should expose the film at a lower iso like
>200? If you have any experience or comment and share with me, I would
>appreciate a lot.
>Thanks
>Tolga


I've just run 5 rolls of HIE using XTOL at 1:1, at 68F at 9-3/4 mins,  and
got good negatives.  My exposures were made in a Canon EOS-1 using internal
metering with the ASA set to 800, and using a #87 filter.  I bracketed
1-1/3 stops, the middle exposure was fine.

I noticed, though, that the frame numbering was a bit thin, which makes me
think that the film must be underdeveloped and overexposed for the target
exposure to be right.  I must not be getting the CI = 0.68 that I was
aiming for.

Jud Hofmann
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