Response to xtol - thin negs

I have never had a problem with XTOL from the first day I tried it...(of course I tested it with my film first) Every once in a while I still throw a couple of zone test exposures in with my regular stuff and it always is the same on my desitometer. I always use distilled water. Always. I mix it in the 85 degree range. Make sure part A is completely dissolved before adding part B. That is very important.

I use it 1:1. Hand tank for my 6X7, Jobo expert drum for my 4X5.

I range from about .12 @zone 1 to 1.35 @ zone 8

My Jobo times etc..

4x5 TMAX 100 (shot at 164), 70 degrees, speed F, 8min 20sec, jobo 3010 expert drum.

6x7 in a hand tank....

Ilford delta 100 (shot at 100) 13 min @ 68 degrees. Smooth inversions for the first 30 sec, then 3 inversions in 10 sec every minute untill 13min has elapsed

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