[Leica] B&W developers

[Dan Khong]

Is Rodinal still around? 

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> 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: ³I don¹t want to deal with mixing powdered chemicals!²
> 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 that¹s 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.
> 
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> 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 don¹t 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
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