Rodinal lovers read this...

[Benjamin Marks]

Sorry, I'll try to tone it down.

Hey, I was just poking fun. There should have been a smiley there. Tone it up, if anything!!

In all seriousness: for the last year (minus the last 4 mos. -- just moved, don't ask), I've been using Pat Gainer's vitamin C/Phenidone developer. I'm happy to share the formula if anyone's interested. It's a two-solution, one shot developer with Borax, Vitamin C, Phenidone and Lye. Grain is very pretty and the negs both print and scan wonderfully. The stuff costs almost nothing to make and except for the Phenidone, everything can be purchased at a grocery store. Safe for septic too (v. small amounts of sodium hydroxide used). A 100g bottle of Phenidone should last about a billion years with this formula. If memory serves, 40 mls of each solution is diuted to develop 8 rolls of film in a Jobo rotary tank; you can see that two liters (1 liter each solution) of the concentrated stuff will suffice for even the most ambitious shooter.

Best regards,

Ben Marks

 

[eli griggs]

Ben Marks, I would like your 'shopping list' for the vitamin C developer. I recently became aware of this developer and knowing what household items are proven would be a big help, as any real world experience you have to pass on.

By-the-way, what films are you using this with?

Cheers,
Eli

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Lemme rummage around for it, I am just reconstituting my darkroom after moving homes this summer. I am using it with Neopan 400 and Ilford Delta 400.

 

[SixtiesM2]

Rodinal will survive, in several forms.

Rodinal will survive, in several forms.

Besides the Calbe R09 and Photographer's Formulary version, it seems that Agfa Rodinal will survive.

I found this thread on another forum: http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/180973.html?1132957738

Which contains this pointer: http://www.bjp-online.co.uk/public/showPage.html?page=305832

So, Agfa Photo seems to have a future.

- Mike (new guy here)

 

[lkgroup]

Ben,

"In all seriousness: for the last year (minus the last 4 mos. -- just moved, don't ask), I've been using Pat Gainer's vitamin C/Phenidone developer. I'm happy to share the formula if anyone's interested. "

I would love to see your formular you are using.

leo

 

[peter_n]

Besides the Calbe R09 and Photographer's Formulary version, it seems that Agfa Rodinal will survive.

I found this thread on another forum: http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/180973.html?1132957738

Which contains this pointer: http://www.bjp-online.co.uk/public/showPage.html?page=305832

So, Agfa Photo seems to have a future.

- Mike (new guy here)

Indeed Mike, you are the bearer of glad tidings! Welcome to the forum too! 🙂