Acros and Rodinal

[Kenj8246]

A match made in heaven, in my humble opinion. Grimes County TX historical courthouse. If I could do this at will, I'd feel like I was getting somewhere. 🙂


Grimes County TX, courthouse and square by kenj8246, on Flickr


Grimes County TX, courthouse and square by kenj8246, on Flickr

Kenny

 

[noisycheese]

Really nice images - congratulations!

I have been thinking about giving Acros a try but was unsure as to what developer to pair with it. Looks like Rodinal is a good choice.

 

[Steve M.]

I've never cared for the contrast w/ Acros, but it seems the Rodinal has bumped the contrast quite a bit (always hard to tell for sure just by viewing a scan of course). The more I use that developer the happier I am. I've been getting really good stuff w/ Tri-X at 1:25, so I'm not surprised that a slower film did so well.

 

[peppard]

Can you give us the development time and inversion technique?
Thanks
Giorgio

 

[Kenj8246]

Giorgio, I exposed this Acros at 64. Developed in 1+50 Rodinal for 11 min, gentle agitation every 1.5 min for 5 seconds (roughly two twisting inversions and a rap on the bottom of the tank). Rest of it is pretty standard: 1 min stop bath with water, 5 min fix, final wash using Ilford method (fill tank three times with clean water and agitate 5, 10 and 20 times) and a 30 second swish in photo-flo.

Kenny

 

[lawrence]

I did a roll of Acros in Rodinal 1+50 recently as well, however I think I might try to bump up the contrast a bit by going to 1+25 next time. Have you tried this?

 

[Kenj8246]

No, lawrence, I've yet to try 1+25. I suppose I will but I'm getting results I like now. Plus, it makes the Rodinal last longer. 🙂

Kenny

ps what do you reckon happened to that tree?

 

[peppard]

Thank you Kenny.

Giorgio

 

[Kenj8246]

No problem, Giorgio. Glad to help. 🙂

Kenny

 

[lawrence]

No, lawrence, I've yet to try 1+25. I suppose I will but I'm getting results I like now. Plus, it makes the Rodinal last longer. 🙂

Kenny

ps what do you reckon happened to that tree?

Yes, rather weird that tree. One more question: have you tried Rodinal with TMX 100? Many years ago I used this film with Paterson Acutol, now sadly discontinued, but have yet to try it with Rodinal.

Lawrence

 

[redisburning]

I have and I hated it.

I like Rodinal fine for acros, but for TMX or Delta I prefer xtol 1:1 quite a bit.

some acros+rod 1:50 shots:

Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr
medium format:

butters by redisburning, on Flickr

 

[Ezzie]

Very nice all. Seems to confirm my findings too, Acros in Rodinal is just brilliant. My favourite combination at the moment. EI-64-100, 1+50, 10 mins, three inversions every minute.


Bath house #14 by Eirik0304, on Flickr

 

[alfredian]

Love the big red Mainer

Love the big red Mainer

redisburning - love the big red Mainer - one had me for several years back in the Eighties. What kind of gear does he let you use?--alfredian

 

[redisburning]

redisburning - love the big red Mainer - one had me for several years back in the Eighties. What kind of gear does he let you use?--alfredian

that one is an OM-2sp and the Zuiko 50/2 macro

we have two, actually. this is the other one with a Sinar:

Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

 

[Fotohuis]

The combination Acros 100 and Rodinal/R09 1+50 is OK but you have some speed loss (E.I. 64-80).
When you're going to use a filter the speed is really low.



Document051 by Fotohuis (Robert), on Flickr

Wedding of my daughter, Acros 100 and Rodinal 1+50, without filter, Summicron 2,0/50mm +M7. Scan from split grade photo.