Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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