XTOL and Plus-X

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I have had great luck processing my TMY and Delta 100 over the last few months. For my process/equipment I seem to get a tiny bit more speed that the EI on the film box by using XTOL 1+2 temp/times as recommended by kodak and good contrast. When I decided to try XTOL with Plus-X at EI 125 (usually processed in ID11) my negatives seem really thick in the shadows and midtones by about a stop maybe a little more when processed using Kodak recommeded time/temp. The negatives are not overly contrasty. Plus-X seems to be more like EI250 or my meter suddenly became broken. Has anybody else seen a dramatic increase in speed using XTOL 1+2 and Plus-X?

-- Robert Boyer (rboyer@mindspring.com), June 01, 2000

Answers

I haven't tried it with Plus-X, but Xtol at 1:3 gives me a 1 stop increase in speed on Tri-X 70mm (400 ISO).

I would not be at all surprised to see the speed gain you are talking about.

-- Charlie Strack (charlie_strack@sti.com), June 01, 2000.


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