All this pushed Tri-X in Rodinal talk has gotten me excited!

[Ken Ford]

Yep, I actually dug out my tanks and reels and ordered the last Agfa Rodinal I could find without paying eBay prices (not the R09 stuff). I have a roll of Tri-X in the M6 right now at a relatively moderate EI of 3200, and will be shooting night sidewalk stuff the rest of this week.

I used to have to regularly push Tri-X to 1600 shooting HS sports under cruddy gymnasium lighting but never really took it much beyond that. My normal way of shooting Tri-X was EI 250 in Dektol stock solution, constant agitation for 75 seconds if I remember it correctly (unlikely since it was 20+ years ago). Most B&W I've shot the last ten years + has been chromogenic, so this will be a real treat.

I'm planning on doing this merciful style - 1:50, five inversions every five minutes, 30 minutes at 68F. I have a buddy with a CoolScan that I'll hit up for scans. I may end up digging my Omega out of storage.

Y'all are a bad influence, you hear?

 

[Ronald M]

Welcome back from digital. Junky dont`t ya think?

 

[peterc]

Since you have some Rodinal you should also try pulling some Tri-X in 1:50 or 1:100 dilutions. EIs of 100 or 250 should give nice results.

Peter

 

[Ken Ford]

Sorry, I missed the replies.

Ronald - actually, I still shoot a lot of digital. Different tools for different jobs.

Peter - yes, pulling some at 200 is also in the plans. I saw a posting in the LUG archives for an EI of 200, 1:25, 5 1/2 minutes. Do you have other suggestions? EI 100 is appealing.

 

[Socke]

I haven't tried Rodinal at 1:100, thats some 4.5 mililiters developer for my tank. Is that realy enough for a 36exp film?

 

[ed1k]

Is that realy enough for a 36exp film?

That's more a matter of EI not length of roll. For fast film 1+100 could be not enough developer to get image, i.e. you get underdeveloped negatives despite long development time. For 100 ISO you're going to be OK (as well your tank seems to be bigger, I have 350 ml tank... so probably 400 ISO is OK but once in a while you need to actively agitate)
Eduard.