jano
Evil Bokeh
Not sure if anyone knows but I've just finished up my first 6 months of developing b&w film 
I started with Xtol, thanks to the advice of some cute salesgirl at Samy's. Having run out of the developer, I just bought a new 5 litre package, and, getting ready to mix it, I read the instructions.
Apparently, I'm supposed to end up with 5 litres -- about a gallon and a quart.
Scratching my head here.. because.. well.. when I did this the first time back in september, I ended up with exactly 1 gallon. Apparently I did not read the instruction carefully! Reflecting upon what happened.. I got my mixing all messed up as I used a 500ml jar to measure in the water, so I think I missed the last litre (used 8 instead of 10 jars of water).
Here's when it gets a bit confusing for me: all development times were followed off of that digital truth web site for xtol 1:1, and all my results were fine.
So now I'm staring at this new package.. do I mix up so I have 5 litres, or should I do a 1 gallon treatment again?
Is xtol that flexible, or maybe my choice of film? (mainly acros and trix thus far).
I started with Xtol, thanks to the advice of some cute salesgirl at Samy's. Having run out of the developer, I just bought a new 5 litre package, and, getting ready to mix it, I read the instructions.
Apparently, I'm supposed to end up with 5 litres -- about a gallon and a quart.
Scratching my head here.. because.. well.. when I did this the first time back in september, I ended up with exactly 1 gallon. Apparently I did not read the instruction carefully! Reflecting upon what happened.. I got my mixing all messed up as I used a 500ml jar to measure in the water, so I think I missed the last litre (used 8 instead of 10 jars of water).
Here's when it gets a bit confusing for me: all development times were followed off of that digital truth web site for xtol 1:1, and all my results were fine.
So now I'm staring at this new package.. do I mix up so I have 5 litres, or should I do a 1 gallon treatment again?
Is xtol that flexible, or maybe my choice of film? (mainly acros and trix thus far).
kaiyen
local man of mystery
I honestly don't know what to tell you. I wouldn't imagine that losing 1.2 liters in dilution wouldn't yield a result but...that's what you got.
Regardless, mix to 5L. If you start going off on your own dilutions that'll get complicated.
allan
Regardless, mix to 5L. If you start going off on your own dilutions that'll get complicated.
allan