Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I used Rodinal 1:25, perhaps that is the reason. I have never tried the really dilute developers like Rodinal 1:50. I have the Anchell and Troop book too and like it very much, not least because the authors are really opinionated! In one place they express their dislike for the Delta/TMax type films, saying that these are nothing but devices for Ilford and Kodak to cut their costs by reducing the silver content. On the other hand, other people (including myself) love the Delta films. Nathan Dan Cardish wrote: > That's strange. A book I recently picked up (The Film Developing Cookbook > by Anchell and Troop) mentions that the grain of Agfa 400 developed in > Rodinal 1:50 is finer than Tri-X. To quote them: "It [Rodinal] is most > successful with Agfa 400, a film that exhibits noticeably finer grain, than > Tri-X." I suppose they mean when developed in similar developers. > > Elsewhere they comment that Agfa 400 exhibits the best gradation of all 400 > speed films. > > TheY > > Dan C. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman