Two useful lessons this week. First, the film ran off the end of the spool so I couldn't rewind the file without opening the back of the camera. Next time make sure to use masking tape to secure the film; that was lesson #1. The second was a pleasant surprise. I hadn't done any developing since July but for some reason had a bottle full of dilute Xtol (1+1). Possibly foolishly, since it was so long that I had no idea what was on the film, I developed the roll of 35mm (taken with the awesome Nikon F5) with it. It hadn't discolored at all in probably 6 months (though the bottle was full right to the brim). And the results (e.g., above) were fine. So I now know that in a air-tight bottle with almost no air in ti at all, diluted Xtol keeps very well.
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