Response to XTol - Dilutions higher than 1:3 for Compensation?

As a test I developed two test rolls of TMY, shot with a high contrast scene, using 100ml of XTol stock sol'n with 500ml of distilled water for a 1:5 dilution. First roll developed for 18 minutes at 68F, with 30 seconds initial agitation and then 10 seconds agitation every 2 minutes, was quite under-developed (dmax = 0.95). Second roll developed for 23 minutes at 68F with same agitation yielded beautiful negs - typical XTol fine smooth grain, with a noticable increase in density of zone 2 and 3 shadow areas, but without blocking up the highlights. Appears to be about an N-2 result, while surprisingly delivering about EI 320. Interesting enough to justify further testing...

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