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Subject: [Leica] Dumb Rodinal Question
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sun May 21 01:31:17 2006
References: <446FD2C0.9040706@waltjohnson.com> <000201c67c81$cbda61f0$d9670e44@newukolbqveo9i> <a2f8f4470605202151h1f1d326ahd281d26753e88a85@mail.gmail.com>

I put them up at: http://dlridings.se/blog/?p=32

It is actually just a test, and not really a test of film and
developer. I was testing to see if I had sealed the light leaks in a
camera and decided to try out Calbe R09 (original Rodinal) with Tri-X
on a whim.

Daniel


On 5/21/06, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Walt
> > Johnson
> > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:39 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Dumb Rodinal Question
> >
> >
> > That's right Jeffery:
> >
> > Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >
> > >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?
> > >
> > >Jeffery Smith
> > >New Orleans, LA
> > >http://www.400tx.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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In reply to: Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] Dumb Rodinal Question)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Dumb Rodinal Question)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Dumb Rodinal Question)