Cinestill DF96 advice

[costa43]

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Hello all

I'm piecing together a home film developing workflow where I will be using Xtol as my main developer but I am going to Greece for a couple of months soon and wish to develop and scan some rolls whilst there, thus, I'm considering the Cinestill monobath as an easy fix for the short period I am away from home. (I'm driving across Europe so no liquid restrictions)

I understand it comes in 1 litre form and it is good for 16 rolls and you can just keep re-using it till you reach the cut off. My question is. If I buy two of them and seperate it out into 3 separate containers each with 660ml or so (enough for a 2 reel Paterson) Can I then increase my roll development by a 1/3rd? Or does the developer need the 1 litre worth of chemicals to get to 16 rolls even though I will not be using it all in one go per session. 

Thank you

Costa

 

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[costa43]

Just to close this one off, I decided against it after testing it out on a couple of rolls at home. Will stick to Xtol whilst on holiday too. 

[costa43]

I bought one pack of powder to test it but much prefer the results I’ve seen with xtol. I have already disposed of the leftover df96.  I think I overthought it all a little from a travel/simplicity point. 

[Borna]

You will be very unhappy with the result of D96. Its day and night difference even with Rodinal. You will be totally sad with the result