Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Yes, Rodinal is actually available now in a couple different formulations. AGFA changed Ordinal?s formulation a few times over the more than 100 years they made it. The final version of it is available as Adox Rodinal. http://www.freestylephoto.biz/12054-Adox-Rodinal-Film-Developer-500-ml Adox also makes Adox Adolux R09, which is the pre-WWII formulation. When my last bottle of the modern Ordinal formal ran out, I bought a bottle of the pre-war formula to try. Didn?t see any difference in my photos, but I haven?t developed many films with it yet. In addition to these, there are several other companies, including Rollei and Foma, marketing ?Rodinal? type developers. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook http://www.freestylephoto.biz/12055-Adox-Adolux-APH-09-500-ml On 6/14/17, 7:53 AM, "LUG on behalf of Dan Khong" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of dankhong at gmail.com> wrote: >Is Rodinal still around? > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On 14 Jun 2017, at 6:36 PM, Christopher Crawford >><chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >> >> I treat ALL developers as one-shot. You get the most consistent results >> always using fresh developer, and developers are so cheap that trying to >> save money by reusing is silly. >> >> I keep four developers in stock at all times, and choose depending on >>the >> film and look I want. Rodinal, D-76, Tmax Developer, and PMK. >> >> When asked by a newbie to recommend one developer, I always say this: >> D-76, diluted 1+1 is probably the best all around developer. Its easy to >> use, relatively inexpensive, and gives good results on damn near every >> film made. >> >> If the person says: ?I don?t want to deal with mixing powdered >>chemicals!? >> I then recommend either Kodak Tmax Developer or Ilford DDX. I like them >> because they give good results on most films and are easy to mix (no >>need >> to accurately measure a few tiny ML of stock solution the way you do >>with >> highly dilute developers like Rodinal or HC-110). The standard dilution >> for both these developers is 1+4. >> >> I recommend diluting 1+7. The 1+4 times for most films are pretty short >> (5-6 minutes), and I like longer times to avoid uneven developing (with >> any developer not just these two), and Tmax and DDX are relatively >> expensive. The higher dilution saves money if that?s an issue. To get >>1+7 >> developing times, multiply the times the manufacturers give for the 1+4 >> dilution by 1.5x. (so if the 1+4 developing time is 6 minutes, give 9 >> minutes with the 1+7 dilution). This formula has worked for every film I >> have tried. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 6/14/17, 6:05 AM, "LUG on behalf of Gerry Walden" >> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of >> gwpics at me.com> wrote: >> >>> I don?t want to start and wars here, and I know this is a minefield in >>> which I will get a thousand and one answers, but is there any consensus >>> of opinion these days on a one-shot b&w developer? >>> >>> Insanely I am thinking of doing my own processing of film again. >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>> www.gwpics.com >>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information