I have just developed a roll of tri-x 400 35 mm I developed in straight xtol. It was about 19 degrees C So i gave an extra half minute of so to compensate which may not have been enough. The xtol was in a 500ml air tight bottle that i mixed up a few months back. When i got the negs out of the fix they were very dark and low contrast.
They were shot outside on a January day in the north west UK. At first i though they may have been underdeveloped but one of the exposures seems spot on and this was shot indoors so I wonder then if the outdoor pictures were underexposed and the meter had been fooled by the bright sky.
I used and M6 and 50 mm f2 lens. When i scanned they roll they were very grey and had lots of grain and didn't seem very sharp apart from the indoor shot. I'm also wondering if it's the fixer that's exhausted.
It seems odd that just one shot came out right and that happens to be shot indoors. I metered for the shadows so as not to let the sky influence my reading too much.
I'm at work at the moment with no access to examples.
They were shot outside on a January day in the north west UK. At first i though they may have been underdeveloped but one of the exposures seems spot on and this was shot indoors so I wonder then if the outdoor pictures were underexposed and the meter had been fooled by the bright sky.
I used and M6 and 50 mm f2 lens. When i scanned they roll they were very grey and had lots of grain and didn't seem very sharp apart from the indoor shot. I'm also wondering if it's the fixer that's exhausted.
It seems odd that just one shot came out right and that happens to be shot indoors. I metered for the shadows so as not to let the sky influence my reading too much.
I'm at work at the moment with no access to examples.