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Rodinal Special
Browsing the suppliers I see that Silverprint are advertising Rodinal Special as being more like a fine grain developer than the original. I have not seen this before. If true this could be the one I have been looking for. I have a small output, mainly Delta 400 in the winter, with some 35mm and would prefer a one shot dev. I usually use ID11, as Rodinal gives too much grain for me on 35mm, but nearly always throw some away. Has anybody had any experience of Rodinal Special with 35mm at 400asa?
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It is nothing like the Rodinal we know and love, more like a ID11 fine grain type developer, and as far as I know the keeping qualities would not be a patch on standard rodinal/RO9,
Richard
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Stuart possibly a better developer for you would be the Ilford Ilfotec LC29, which keeps well and is designed for low volume users, and would develop delta films perfectly, and would probably keep better than Rodinal special,
Richard
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Thanks for that Richard; I will investigate. A quick look and it seems that 500cc is the smallest quantity available. There seems to be a trend now to only sell the larger quantities. That's one of the beauties of Rodinal, being available (still, hopefully) in the little 125cc bottles.
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Have a look at Ultrafin T-Plus:http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/tet...0ml-3526-p.asp http://www.fotoimpex.de/shop/images/...broschuere.pdf
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If you keep it too long with only an inch or so in the bottle Rodinal can still expire as I know to my cost...
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Perhaps it would help everyone if you could explain exactly what you are looking for in a developer. Traditional Rodinal has a very particular tonal look, sharp but, for my taste, extensive grain and keeping qualities akin to HC110 when used as a one-shot developer. Do you want these qualities or are you searching for something else??
David. www,dsallen.de
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Used with the right films (APX100 Tmax100) Rodinal R09 gives exceptionally fine grain, superb tonality and excellent sharpness.
However as the OP's shooting 400 ISO films Rodinal Special, DDX or Ilfotec would be better developers. Ian |
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DDX would be my choice if I used delta400 I use it with HP5
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