Response to XTOL negitives seem brown .. is this normal?

I've used about 8 qts of XTOL during the last year after reading about it in The Film Developing Cookbook. I use conventional 120 film, Tri-X, FP4, Verichrome, and Agfa 100/400. My results using 1:2 dilution in a small 16oz tank produce fine grain, vg sharpness and great tonality. Developing to a CI of .54 I lowered contrast and standardized my process using XTOL except for an occasional fling with Rodinal. Verichrome, XTOL and Agfa Multicontrast paper produces long tonality. XTOL is a new product so some packaging problems and users not using correct stock quantities during high dilution are possible. The Cookbook recommended XTOL with tab grain films to control highlight problems.

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