Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Rodinal
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:51:20 -0500
References: <01C19F96.DAC5EE40.jeffwill@free.fr> <5.1.0.14.0.20020117165336.02696990@pop.andara.com>

At 11:23 PM 1/17/02 -0500, Dan Post wrote:
>I read that Rodinal is well over 100 hundred years old- and was the oldest
>proprietary developer still being made. Actually pre-dates the ubiquitous
>D-76 by 25-30 years!!!

Working from memory, I recall that Rodinal was first marketed in 1892 and
D-76 in 1926.  So, Rodinal had been around for 34 years when D-76 appeared.

Marc

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