Rhodes
Time Lord
And a macro photo of a flower equal this:
TM3200@1600+6 month XTOL
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tgon
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Great Shot! Very Nice!!
moreammo
Established
Excellent shots!😀
darkhorse120
Member
whats the significance of 6month old dev?
jalLee2001
jallee55
Thank you, I was going to ask the same. But it is a good shot.
Rhodes
Time Lord
Thank you! The signifcance is possibly none, but saw a few threads in various places that XTOL after three months was to old and no good and bla bla. At least made two people see and ask in the thread!
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
If it is kept in a full bottle, Xtol lasts 6 months, according to Kodak. If the bottle has a lot of air in it, the lifespan drops to 2 months. If yours was outside these recommended ages, you got lucky. Given how CHEAP developers are, it is silly to take such risks. It costs more to buy a roll of film than the pack of Xtol did, and if yourfilm is ruined, you get to buy two rolls. One you messed up and another to reshoot the stuff...assuming you even can reshoot.
ray*j*gun
Veteran
Found this out the hard way!
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
I did too when I was a student years ago. Now, i'm really conservative about shelf life of stock solutions and capacities of diluted developers. I shoot too much important stuff now to risk losing something to save a few dollars.
Rhodes
Time Lord
No, the 5l bottle as air in it, possibly still has 3 or 2,5 litres. Here XTOL is 13 euros. A new rols is possibly 4 to 5 euros, more if it is the expensive ones (talking of single cartiges, not bulk).
Possibly luck, yes!
Possibly luck, yes!
