[Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: B&W developers

[Christopher Crawford]

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.

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Chris Crawford
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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: 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.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>> 
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>> 
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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
>>> www.gwpics.com
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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