Rodinal: three more months?

[wilt]

Spoke to a photo dealer today. He claimed that Agfa would be supplying film and chemicals to the Swedish market until October/November, but after that could not guarantee availability.

Time to build up a supply of Rodinal and try out some of the Rodinal clones out there.

 

[GeneW]

Aaargh. Well, there is still some stock at Downtown Camera in Toronto. I'd better pick up a couple more bottles, just in case...

Gene

 

[back alley]

the locals had a full shelf of it last week.
i think i'm one of only a few who buy it.

joe

 

[Skinny McGee]

Sh#t>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[doubs43]

Sh#t>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Skinny, don't panic. JandC Photo sell the "original" formula Rodinal made in Eastern Europe and marketed as "RO-9". Even so, if Agfa stops production, someone will fill the gap. Rodinal is too popular to simply go away.

Walker

 

[Poptart]

It'll be available in some form from Photographer's Formulary forever. (That's a lot of alliteration there.)

 

[Roman]

Like Walker said, there still are Foma F09 and Calbe R09, the 'original' Rodinal formulas.

Roman

 

[wilt]

Like Walker said, there still are Foma F09 and Calbe R09, the 'original' Rodinal formulas.

Roman

Are these as good as Agfa Rodinal?

 

[Roman]

Well, I have not done any scientific one-to-one objective comparison, but the results sure look similar (the plastic bottles of the Calbe stuff suck, though - they tend to split open at the seam were both halves of the bottle are joined - so you'd better refill the stuff into glass bottles; also, R09 already comes in the dark brown color that Rodinal only reaches after a couple of weeks).

Roman

 

[Goodyear]

Having recently discovered the joys of Rodinal... I may now have to go and purchase a couple more bottles.

 

[titrisol]

rumours rumours????
I'll be more sad to see Agfa Multicontrast papers dissapear ... no substitute for those