Re: Help with Xtol development times for Ilford SFX in Jobo.

[PHOTO-TECH <photo-tech@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:48:47 -0400, you wrote:

>Thanks for the warning, but I haven't found this to be true.

	Very, very many have. I once did a Deja-dig and
found that there were over 1400 posts regarding Xtol and
with the general consensus being that the ascorbate is too
susceptible to oxidation and other problems. Hence the
suggestion of using distilled water.

> Unless you mean
>to stay away from Xtol with IR films, in which case I have no experience. I
>have been using Xtol since it came out and have processed hundreds of rolls of
>film with it, using the 1:2 dilution. This included Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, and
>mostly Ilford B&W films. It is the most pleasing developer, to my taste, that
>I have used and it's shelf keeping properties are great. Of course I use it
>one shot in my Jobo. No replenishing, no reusing. 

	And I had my mix, a 5L batch direct from Kodak go
bad in a full 2.5L glass bottle stored at 60-65F in the
darkness of my basement darkroom in just 2 months.

>There were some early
>problems with the packaging on the smaller size packets that have supposedly
>been corrected. You could easily detect these packets as the powder inside one
>the envelopes would be caked up. This might be what you are referring to.
>Thanks anyway!-Fred

	Well I wish you the best of it then. But do note
that even Kodak won't publish times for dilutions beyond 1:1
though the original J-107 had times for dilutions up to 1:3
for normal films. Just proves you can teach and old dog new
tricks after all !

Regards,

                            John S. Douglas
Photographer	Web Master       Darkroom Wizard
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