[Leica] Dumb Rodinal Question

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

I put up some more of Fomapan and Calbe R09 (the "other" Rodinal):

http://dlridings.se/blog/?p=31

I shot a roll of Tri-X and processed in it yesterday. My immediate
impression is that the grain is not bothersome. I thought it would be.

To tell the truth, I don't see a big difference between Rodinal 1:25
and D76. It kind of depends on your subject area. If you have large
expanses of midtone grey, then the grain kind of dominates a shot,
where the some grain would not in a textured shot.

So in 35mm, I really can't see much reason to use Rodinal at all
(except that it is nice with a liquid developer). It could be that the
effects it can create are diminished by modern emulsions. I don't know
...

Daniel


On 5/21/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> Well, they are drying now. I used a 1:50 dilution for 12 min, and the
> negatives look plenty dense. I guess it's true that Rodinal DOES have a
> shelf life of a century. That bottle has to be 4 years old, and it came out
> looking a bit like soy sauce. I would expect Tri-X in Rodinal to be
> grainville, but I keep seeing wonderful shots with that combo.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
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> That's right Jeffery:
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> Jeffery Smith wrote:
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> >I haven't used Rodinal in years, so bear with me. When the massive
> >development chart calls for 1+25 dilution of Rodinal, it means that 1
> >ml of the Rodinal "full strength, right out of the bottle" is mixed
> >with 25ml water, correct? There is no intermediate "working solution"
> >like there is in HC110, correct?
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> >Jeffery Smith
> >New Orleans, LA
> >http://www.400tx.com
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