Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the problem was compounded by the harsh lighting and cloudless skies. A more complex subject might have come out looking better. I may try a roll indoors. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:58 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Agfa 400 in Rodinal - Bad Idea I used to always use APX400 and Rodinal when I went to Africa. It kept the contrast in check. http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2003/34.html http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2003/35.html http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2004/14.html Works even at a honky-tonk: http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2003/37.html But I always used Rodinal at 1:25. You don't get the "Rodinal effect" at 1:25 to the same degree you do at 1:50. I think Mark Rabiner used to say that anything under 1:100 is for sissies. Daniel On 5/23/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > I think it still works for faces in some circumstances (like Phil > Swango's daughter's face, with not as much as a hint of a blemish, it > would give a nice high-fashion look). And maybe a closeup of Ernest > Hemingway with his hair blown around on the fishing boat. But Phil's > daughter lives too far away, and Ernest is long gone. I still like > Rodinal, but I'll stick to APX 100 + Rodinal. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Marc James Small > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:46 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Agfa 400 in Rodinal - Bad Idea > > > At 07:21 PM 5/22/06 -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >http://www.400tx.com/AgfaAPX400-Rodinal.html > > > >The grain isn't that noticeable in the darker areas of the photo, but > >in the lighter grays, it is too grainy for me. And shots with open, > >cloudless sky are like sandstone. > > > >Jeffery Smith > >New Orleans, LA > >http://www.400tx.com > > Jeffery > > You might well be too young to recall the intonation that Rodinal > brought in the 1950's and 1960's -- "sharp as hell but grain as large > as golfballs", a phrasae invented, I believe, by my friend Ed Meyers > when he was working for MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY. > > Rodinal is a grand developer and is a real survivor, having been > around since 1891, and, yes, AGFA blew it by not doing a huge > advertising campaign about it in 1991. It is a really neat developer, > but not one I'd use for forced processing due to that grain problem. > > D-76 is probably the best base for forced schwarz-weiss development, > albeit this is a relative youngster, having only been around since > 1926. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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