Xtol in the future?

[Tronds]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000..._MIDDLETopNews

[pentaxuser]

What about anything and everything Kodak? There could be 50 threads on this running together on different Kodak products. I suggest the mods merge all threads on the future of Kodak


pentaxuser

[srtiwari]

Here's one option-

http://jackspcs.com/jackspcs/mytol.htm

[Alan Johnson]

Is Xtol manufactured by a different company?
http://www.championphotochemistry.co...06%20FINAL.pdf

[eclarke]

Here's one option-

http://jackspcs.com/jackspcs/mytol.htm

Jack is back..excellent, I had given up looking..EC

[Tronds]

Here's one option-

http://jackspcs.com/jackspcs/mytol.htm

Indeed this an alternative.
I have several working recipes including a two-bath developer that does a good job for me. At least good enough for me.

A lot of people hasn't realized that if Kodak goes belly-up, something WILL happen wth the availability of both film and developers.

As for my recipes, no, they won't be published on this forum. Too many naysayers here. In spite of their arguments about it wont work, and that dead biochemists will oxidize themself or the developer, the developers keeps working. Maybe because I didn't tell them what was said here.

I have forseen that Kodak would stop making film and developers sometime, so I have taken steps to be able to continue to shoot film for many years from now on.

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Here's an alternative.
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/747716...oper-to-make-5

[brucemuir]

Developers are the least of my concern,
now when TriX is discontinued thats when I will really bum.

[srtiwari]

Here's an alternative.
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/747716...oper-to-make-5

I like this, but couldn't they make it for 1 liter solution ? With the relatively short shelf life of the developer, some of us can't use it all in time. I wonder if mixing part batches of the powders can still assure consistency...

[MattKing]

Is Xtol manufactured by a different company?
http://www.championphotochemistry.com/_uploads/files/110608200506_Champion Kodak NR 09 19 06 FINAL.pdf

Yes - all Kodak chemistry is.

I'd guess that if Kodak declares bankruptcy there might be a consequence that affects Champion's ability to manufacture X-Tol (or possibly call it X-Tol) but that would depend on what rights Kodak retained, and what a bankruptcy trustee might do with those rights.