Why is XTOL so good

I developed a roll of TMX in XTOL tonight. TMXXTOL .
Stock 1 shot Jobo

Cholentpot said:

How long ago was this incident?

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If memory serves, approximately 2020. There’s a thread floating around documenting my switch to DD.

shadowleaves said:

Thank you Adrian for the update. I myself will probably move away from Xtol-R as well, now that I found a somewhat economical way to use Xtol one-shot. I heard DD is very similar to DDX but it’s not available in my region unfortunately. I used DDX a lot when I first did B/W photography many years ago and I have a vague memory about pronounced grains with HP5+. Maybe time to re-try that as well…

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Replenished DD and DD-X Don’t give the same results, the same as xtol and replenished xtol don’t give the same results.

Adrian Bacon said:

Replenished DD and DD-X Don’t give the same results, the same as xtol and replenished xtol don’t give the same results.

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I have never tried DD, but have tried DD-X and while it did what it said it was supposed to do, I wasn't overly excited with what I got with both Kentmere films, Delta 100 and HP5+ all medium format. In fact, I thought Ilfosol 3 gave me results that fit my style better. All said and done, I stuck with Xtol-R (now Adox XT-3R) and have given up looking for a better all-purpose non-staining developer. I got better things to waste my time on. Plus, life is just too short and getting shorter all the time.