I have technidol at home but I was too lazy and busy to develop these negs myself.(posted 8732 days ago)That pretty much summs up your problem. Tech Pan is a tough film to work with. You definitely need to put the effort into processing it yourself if you want good negatives. The best low contrast results are procured by developing in either Technidol or TD-3 from the Photographers Formulary. I have never used X-tol on TechPan, but most developers produce really high contrast with TechPan. It takes more than one quick roll to get a good feel for how te film will work for you. Keep up the effort and you will be rewarded with excellent negatives.