In my initial try with 2-bath Dixactol (using 120 TMX in Patterson tanks) following the recommended agitation procedure I also got uneven staining noticeable in areas of smooth tone, such as sky. Those negs with large areas of continuous tone are probably ruined. I did not find the negs, which were developed for 5m in each bath, to be thin. Neither did I find 2-bath Dixactol to have quite as strong a compensating effect as I'd hoped. The rolls I developed had shots with signficantly varying contrast ranges. The contrasty scenes have lots of density in the highlights and will be very hard to print.(posted 8780 days ago)This was only my first try with Dixactol, and I intend to try again, but I was not overwhelmed. I know that others really like this developer, and I too would appreciate any experience on how to extract its advertised potential.