I wonder if, in the case of dark spots on the frame (ie the negative) if it
is not a chemical reaction of the developer and the water used to make it
up. since this is an organic developer, it may behave different to say D76.
In the past, I always used distilled water for the developer and any water
to make up my required dilutions. Second, I never used a stop bath, just a
simple rinse prior to the non-hardening rapid fixer.
Bob
> I've just started using XTOL. I developed a few rolls of TX, and agitated
as
> I did with other developers (invert once every minute, for 3 to 5
seconds,
> hitting the tank afterwards to get rid of bubbles), I'm getting a bunch of
> dark dots in some frames, it looks like bubbles formed on the film and
didn't
> let the developer do its thing.
>
> I haven't had this problem with TMAX developer, agitating in the same way.
Is
> there anything special about XTOL? Any tricks to help the bubble
situation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> j
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