Rodinol and FP4+ quick help please

[FrankS]

The MDC says 20 min @20C with 1:100, but doesn't specify agitation.

How do you develop this combo? I want to use 1:100.

 

[Al Kaplan]

I've never tried FP4 in Rodinol but you'll most likely have to do some tests before you get negatives that are what you want. "Standard" agitation for most developers is 30 seconds to start, then 5 seconds every 30 seconds after that. I'd give that a try.

 

[FrankS]

While waiting for a reply, I agitated for the first minute and I'll let it sit for 30 minutes without agitation. If this isn't the best, someone please stop me! 🙂

edit added: thanks Al. I posted before seeing your reply.

 

[martin-f5]

I would develop 17min in 1+50 dilution,
1 min "shake" and the last 5 min no moving

 

[FrankS]

Thanks Martin, but too late. It's sitting in 1:100 dilution right now.

 

[Al Kaplan]

Let us know how it turns out.

 

[FrankS]

For sure! 7 more minutes in the Rodinol.

 

[sojournerphoto]

1:25 gives a smoother rsult with nice tonality. I find 1:50 gives nice tonality, but more obvious grain, but gaining a little bit of compensaiton. Never tried FP4 in 1:100, look forward toseeing some scans.

Mike

Mike

 

[Melvin]

I'm processing some Pan-f in Rodinal right now. It's washing. I used "Ilford Style" agitation: 5 slow inversions for 10 sec. once a minute for 11 min, 1:50. "kodak style" agitation is once every 30 sec. I call them that because those are those manufacturers' recommendations.

 

[FrankS]

I'm trying "stand development" style.

 

[Melvin]

Ha! Blank, nada, nothing. Guess the film didn't go thru the camera. I know it wasn't the chemistry because the leader is black. Oh well.

 

[FrankS]

Sorry Melvin! Bummer.

I have negs that look pretty good. Scans in an hour.

 

[sepiareverb]

I must say I've never tried developing film with no idea what I was doing. Must be incredibly liberating to have no expectations or worries of success.

 

[FrankS]

I was pretty sure that I had read 30 minutes in Rodinol 1:100. Just wasn't 100% sure.

 

[johannielscom]

I use 60 mins in Rodinal 1:100. Twenty inversions in the first minute, leave untouched for 59.

In the past I have found that Rodinal 1:100 is almost depleted after that one hour, I forgot about a roll and it got left in the 1:100 dilution for 13 (!) hours. When I poured, I figured I might as well spend the fixer and check the results. They were very grainy, but still usable in scanning!

 

[FrankS]

Here we go. Good tonality, grainy. I'll have to wait until I wet print some of these negs to make an evaluation. At least somewhat successful, anyway.

 

[johannielscom]

These look very good Frank, at least on my monitor they do!

Maybe I should give the 30 min dev. a try, they do not seem to differ much from my own shots, and it saves half the time!

Looking forward to your assessment of the wet prints, even though I never wet print myself. My stuff goes to a photo shop in my home town, and is printed on fantastic semi matte photo paper there by a young guy that really knows his tricks and gear.

 

[slm]

I've done one stand development try, it was FP4 in Rodinal 1:120, agitated 1 min, stand for 59 mins. Negs we ok, maybe a bit thin, and seems like contrast was low (or lower than I'm used to). If I remember correctly, I boosted the contrast when scanning, but maybe it would wet print well. I think I'll give it a try (recent darkroom rebuild!)

Cheers
Steven

 

[FrankS]

On the 2 shots I posted, the only post processing that was done (Elements 7) was 35% sharpening, healing tool used to get rid of some dust specks, and slight cropping of the tractor shot. No brightness, contrast, or levels were adjusted beyond my scanner's default settings.