@Anon Ymous: You're right. Lina confirmed on Facebook that the kit does produce light brown tone on fine grain films such as the Scala films.
@Anon Ymous: You're right. Lina confirmed on Facebook that the kit does produce light brown tone on fine grain films such as the Scala films.
The question is surely: can we be sure that Kodak Alaris has not now got its stuff in order? The video makes no specific mention of what is now inferior in the new Xtol compared to the old Xtol. Do those two graphs and the lady's statement indicate for certain that new Xtol is inferior to what the old Xtol in terms of being incapable of reaching the old Xtol standards or does it leave it to the viewer to draw whatever conclusions h/she wishes to drawProblem solved until Kodak Alaris gets their stuff in order.
As the new reversal kit contains an optional clearing bath, maybee she just skipt it.
No, I don't think so. It is very common to see warm gray tones. Take the Studio13 film review for example. Most of the films listed produce warm to light warm tones in their process. I'm a bit surprised that they say the clearing bath is optional, the film certainly looks ugly after washing after the permanganate bleach. There might be something in the second developer that clears the film, but it's rather doubtful.As the new reversal kit contains an optional clearing bath, maybee she just skipt it.
the film certainly looks ugly after washing after the permanganate bleach.
Is there a section for the bleach?Has Adox confirmed that it's permanganate bleach in their kit? The colour of the bleach does indicate permanganate but curiously MSDS on Fotoimpex site makes no mention of permanganate.
Is there a section for the bleach?
Or they avoided the publication of the bleach MSDS to not reveal what's the "three year R&D" behind it. Possibly it's the Agfa paper which advocated the use of hexametaphospate 20gr/liter to extendo the bleach shel life.No, there is only a section for the first developer. Now this has led to speculation on Facebook that the bleach in the kit is totally harmless and hence no mention of it in MSDS.
The clearing bath IS NOT OPTIONAL.No, I don't think so. It is very common to see warm gray tones. Take the Studio13 film review for example. Most of the films listed produce warm to light warm tones in their process. I'm a bit surprised that they say the clearing bath is optional, the film certainly looks ugly after washing after the permanganate bleach. There might be something in the second developer that clears the film, but it's rather doubtful.
I seriously doubt that the clearing bath has anything to do with reestablishing light sensitivity, have you got any references to this? The bleach stains the film, that's for sure, but there's a chance that the second developer may act as a clearing bath in an unexpected way, see this. I've seen this happening with wash water after the permanganate bleach being poured in a beaker that previously had some D19. The pink wash water became clear by the time it hit the beaker. While not ideal, I suspect this works fairly well.The clearing bath IS NOT OPTIONAL.
It serves the purpose of re-exablishing the film sensitivity to light, because permanganate bleach destroys it.
So it MUST be used.
Plus, the final slides warm tone is very dependent of the film's intrinsic Ag grain structures and it cannot be changed at all via processing.
Yes, as per Gran Haist book, vol. 2, pageI seriously doubt that the clearing bath has anything to do with reestablishing light sensitivity, have you got any references to this?
Of courseIf "this silver halide is of very low light sensitivity", it may still have enough sensitivity for the massive overexposure before the second developer.
I spotted this video on YouTube a few days ago:
Curiously, there is a comment part way through about the current product producing lower quality results, but without much detail (3 min 58 secs) - I'm still working through an older batch at the moment but do have one of the new packages in stock. I had thought the recent XTOL problems were down to a packaging issue and not something more fundamental, if indeed this the case?
Whether this is a batch issue, or a more permanent problem.......certainly more regularly tests have to be done to make a final judgement.
Don't rely on this video: Xtol is a fantastic developer when it works 100%. Fantastic, period!
I use XTOL almost exclusively. This video doesn’t mean much to me.The question is surely: can we be sure that Kodak Alaris has not now got its stuff in order? The video makes no specific mention of what is now inferior in the new Xtol compared to the old Xtol. Do those two graphs and the lady's statement indicate for certain that new Xtol is inferior to what the old Xtol in terms of being incapable of reaching the old Xtol standards or does it leave it to the viewer to draw whatever conclusions h/she wishes to draw
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And you're right!!I saw that too. Unless they actually post results, I’ll consider it speculation.
As Adox isn't in the business of selling Kodak, it wouldn't surprise me.And you're right!!
Lina Bessonova replied to me on Youtube, basically saying that the chemists at Adox weren't probably aware of the Xtol and D76 batch problems and "recalls" by Kodak.
I find it unbelievable if it's the case.
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