Rollei Retro 80s 100 film-How to Develop?

[dave lackey]

Just ordered four rolls of the 80s film and will need to drop it off at E6 lab in Atlanta. Once I have the rolls ready to drop off for developing, what instructions should I give them?

A pdf review mentioned Rollei Low Speed Developer, PMK and something else. Is it necessary to tell the lab which is best or will they "automatically" know or give me a choice?

 

[brainwood]

Dave

I have been shooting rollei retro 100 and developing with 'bog standard' D76 1+1 and it looks great. With Rodinal it seems even better. I assume their development will involve one of the more popular chemicals such as D76 so all should be well without special instructions. It seems a pretty versatile film to me.

Hope this helps

Chris

 

[ath]

Rollei 80s 100 ASA?
I expose it at 50 ASA and develop it in XTOL 1+1 15% shorter than e.g. Acros or TMAX100.
In a standard process it will probably get a bit contrasty.

P.S. what film are you talking about? Retro 80s or Retro 100? They are completely different.

 

[dave lackey]

Rollei 80s 100 ASA?
I expose it at 50 ASA and develop it in XTOL 1+1 15% shorter than e.g. Acros or TMAX100.
In a standard process it will probably get a bit contrasty.

P.S. what film are you talking about? Retro 80s or Retro 100? They are completely different.

Crap...I am wasted this afternoon... This is the pdf:

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/pdf/product_pdfs/rollei/The_Rollei_RETRO_80s.pdf

 

[f16sunshine]

80s at 80iso
Rodinal 1:25 7mins at 20c

I tried 1:50 for longer but prefer the 80s with less grain. It looks great. The negatives themselves are really beautiful.
Here is a snap from my last roll.
http://flic.kr/p/9mJaq9

 

[dave lackey]

Andy,

Just checked your Flickr group of 80s photos...very nice. Just what I am looking for in one of my projects.

Wondering now if the E6 lab can do Rodinal?

 

[mathomas]

I don't like what my lab does to Rollei Retro 80S, so proceed with care (sorry, I can't remember what they use -- I guess I should ask again, and ask if they'll use something else).

I've basically given up on it in MF, since I don't do my own MF development (no scanner).


I love 80S in Rodinal (Adonal) for 135, which I do process at home. This is 1+200 @ 1 hour, 1min agitation at start:

 

[tbarker13]

I just bought a 100-foot roll of this stuff. Can't wait to try it out on some portraits.

 

[PMCC]

I love 80S in Rodinal (Adonal) for 135. This is 1+200 @ 1 hour, 1min agitation at start:

Whoa, wow.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Agreed...those are really nice shots, and interesting that they were stand processed. My compliments

 

[f16sunshine]

I just bought a 100-foot roll of this stuff. Can't wait to try it out on some portraits.

Looking forward to those Tim. I'm sitting on many rolls of 120 to do the same. It looks to be a beautiful film for human subjects.

 

[andredossantos]

I've developed it in D76 and have had my lab develop it as well (they use Xtol). I liked the lab results better.

I just got some in a recent order and was planning on trying both Diafine and DD-X at some point. I'll report back if you'd like. I was going to try to shoot a roll tomorrow.

 

[ZeissFan]

I think this calls for a low-contrast developer. But I guess it can be processed in Rodinal. I have a couple of rolls that I've shot and need to process.

 

[Pirate]

I developed a roll in Rollei developer - don't remember which one I used because I had High Speed, Low Speed, and Low Contrast, but they came out good. Water stop, no chemicals for that, then Kodafix for the end.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100613&page=5

 

[mathomas]

Whoa, wow.

Agreed...those are really nice shots, and interesting that they were stand processed. My compliments

Thanks guys. Was pleasantly surprised by these results. Camera was a Leica M2 with Zeiss ZM C-Sonnar.


For those interested, here's another sample (M2+Sonnar again) from Rodinal 1+50, 14', 1' agitation to start, and 10" every 2' thereafter.

 

[dave lackey]

So, should I just request that the 80s film be developed using Rodinal with the above specs, or chance it with their own discretion?

 

[MartinP]

Discuss the options with the lab - it could be the first time they have seen the film, or the zillionth.

 

[marduk]

Thanks guys. Was pleasantly surprised by these results. Camera was a Leica M2 with Zeiss ZM C-Sonnar.

Out of curiosity, how many ml of Rodinal per development tank did you use? I've used only Rodinal 1+100 cautiously, but never thought of 1+200..

 

[mathomas]

Out of curiosity, how many ml of Rodinal per development tank did you use? I've used only Rodinal 1+100 cautiously, but never thought of 1+200..

I use a little 300ml tank, so it's 1.5ml Rodinal + fill up a 300ml graduate. Sounds crazy, but the results were fine, for me.

FYI, I just finished a batch of Efke 100 in Rodinal 1+150 @ 1 hour stand. Looks good, hanging to dry anyway. Will have to scan a few tonight.

 

[mathomas]

So, should I just request that the 80s film be developed using Rodinal with the above specs, or chance it with their own discretion?

My take is this: it's a very contrasty film. I think it's a tech film formula (I'm pretty sure I read this somewhere -- maybe someone can confirm/deny). If you can have your lab do anything to reduce contrast, that might help. The contrast is what led me to try the 35mm development at 1+200 stand to reduce contrast, since I can do my own 35mm scanning and add contrast later in post.

I've given up on letting my shop do my medium format 80s (which means I don't use 80S for MF any more). Whatever they use results in no mid-tones at all, in my experience.