Wayne Suggests Rodinal - I agree.

[The Philos]

Plus-X 125 120 stand developed in Rodinal 1:200 for 1 hour:

[The Philos]

Astia 100 120 Arista E-6 in my Jobo (no color adjustments - just scanned and resized):

[venchka]

Wayne has been known to be right. Occassionally. Plus-X looks sooooooooo nice!

I was lazy Sunday. I didn't want to spend time mixing Xtol. I developed two rolls of 120 Tri-X from the film crawl in Rodinal 1:50. Time from the Massive Development Chart with my BlackBerry. I applied my 20% Jobo fudge factor and came up with 11 minutes. The negatives look nice and scanned well. I think 10 minutes may be the magic number. The best part: my 120 negatives have very subtle grain. Not digital looking at all. Typical Rodinal sharpness. Tri-X and Rodinal are good. I need some Plus-X.

ps: I just remembered that I have the old Agfa chart for Rodinal. Tri-X in a Jobo drum @ 1:50 = 10 minutes. DUH! I hate when my CRS is acting up.

[The Philos]

Efke 25 in Rodinal 1:250 for 5 hours:


Cross-processed PortraVC - not at Wayne's suggestion:

[Murph]

Rodinal became my favorite 4x5 developer for many years. It gives a look to the grain that is awesome.

[venchka]

Originally Posted by Murph

Rodinal became my favorite 4x5 developer for many years. It gives a look to the grain that is awesome.

Way more better than adding grain with Lightroom.

But seriously.........It's difficult to get grain to show with 4x5. The Tmax films in Xtol are grainless. Rodinal adds just a hint of grit that reminds the viewer that they aren't looking at digital.

[The Philos]

Good thing both of the b&w sets are 120.

[The Philos]

Neopan Acros 100 120 in Rodinal 1:200 for 1 hour - so sharp:

[ronocnikral]

i may have to try that 1:200 on some arista edu film. it looks good.

[venchka]

Don't believe anything Wayne says. Tmax p3200 & Rodinal 1:50 & continuous agititation looks like the HP5+ and Diafine that Westley was talking about recently.
Back to the laboratory.

[The Philos]

Rodinal is more economical than diafine ;).

[zachary]

Originally Posted by ThePhilosopher

Rodinal is more economical than diafine ;).

How so? Diafine lasts for ages. The stuff never goes bad.

[venchka]

Which means you'll never run out. Which means you can never change developers. Which means you will be using Diafine forever.
Groundhog Day?

[zachary]

Originally Posted by venchka

Which means you'll never run out. Which means you can never change developers. Which means you will be using Diafine forever.
Groundhog Day?

Sounds good to me. It does what I need it to do. Its cheap, its effective, and its easy.

[venchka]

"Just like your first wife, huh Vern?"
Jim Varney.