Kodak HIE in Rodinal 1:50

[jpa66]

I'm ready to develop a roll of HIE in Rodinal 1:50. After checking the MDC, I found that at iso 400, the developing time is 12 minutes. I shot it at iso 320, so I'll have to compensate.

Has anyone developed HIE in Rodinal 1:50, and found the time to be correct? I'm just a bit leery, as I would really like this roll to come out ( it's shots of Rome ) and I know how temperamental HIE can be ( and it's a bit old, although it's been in the freezer nearly all of the time ).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

JP

 

[jpa66]

OK, I went ahead and developed the film. Used Rodinal 1:50 @ 68 degrees for 14 minutes. The negatives look pretty darn good to my eye. The HIE was around 15 years old, and it's not fogged at all. I'll have to see how they print, but I'm pretty satisfied.

I love HIE. I really wish someone still made it ( and that I had more than one roll let in the freezer... ).

 

[gdi]

OK, I went ahead and developed the film. Used Rodinal 1:50 @ 68 degrees for 14 minutes. The negatives look pretty darn good to my eye. The HIE was around 15 years old, and it's not fogged at all. I'll have to see how they print, but I'm pretty satisfied.

I love HIE. I really wish someone still made it ( and that I had more than one roll let in the freezer... ).

It will be interesting to hear how they prints look - I have heard you can't count on the IR sensitivity on long out of date HIE. Please keep us informed.

 

[jpa66]

Well, I just got a scanner, and here are a couple of pics of the nine IR shots in total that I've scanned for this evening ( it's a bit daunting for a near-Luddite like myself ).

They look to be noticeably IR shots, although they may seem to be a bit less sensitive to the IR spectrum. Contrast has been slightly adjusted in PS, but not by too much ( I just want to scan for contact-sheet purposes, as I'm planning on wet-printing any shots I like ). Regardless, I'm happy with the results thus far.

 

[David William White]

How did you filter?

 

[ZeissFan]

Very impressive. I was wondering if that dilution was going to be too strong. But I guess not. How's the grain?

Last time I ran HIE through Rodinal, I felt the grain was too much.

I've also used the Rollei Infrared film, and you can get some very nice results with that too.

 

[gdi]

That looks darn good for 15 year old HIE.

 

[jpa66]

The filter is a cheapo Quantaray R2 red filter that I bought back when I was a poor student. It's the equivalent of a medium red ( maybe 25? ).

There seems to be a fair amount of grain ( it is Rodinal after all ) but the scans weren't done at the highest settings, as I really only got a scanner to make proof sheets of my shots. The grain doesn't bother me, but I'll see exactly how much grain there is when I go to the darkroom to print them up, which will hopefully be by the end of the next weekend.

I forget what I used to develop HIE in years ago, and I can't find my notes, but I'm pretty sure that it was one of the recommended Kodak developers. I like Rodinal, and am getting to be comfortable with it again, so it was a nice match for me.

 

[Chris101]

... I love HIE. I really wish someone still made it ...

Me too. This is the biggest problem I have with continuing in film based photography. I've been experimenting with several films to get the HIE look. Aura comes closest, but since it's a zillion stops slower, it really cramps my style. I will need to experiment with pushing it. I have also played with over-exposing delta 3200. While it's decidedly not IR, I can get it to bloom and throw light all over the place. And the grain seems about right developed in hc110.

I just bought and began my first two rolls of SFX, which I have seen some good examples of. I shot a couple rolls of Rollei IR, but wasn't thrilled. It looked more like plus-x than hie to me!

I wanna see HIE come back too. Is Kodak just waiting for the right bid for the formula, or do they want to keep it to themselves for the time it hits $100 a roll? (Not that I'd pay that! Ok, maybe once in a while... 😛 )