mikepry
Mike Pry
I have recently aquired a Leica lllc and thought I'd try to do semi stand development with Rodinal. I thought this would be a great way to get in the ballpark so to speak with 36 exposures/roll not always having the same lighting situations. I am coming from Large Format work in 8/10 where I use BTZS to expose each sheet individually for the given range of light.
Anyhow, I used Fomapan 200 rated at 100 (wanting to insure good shadows) exposure read with an incident meter and developed the film for 1 hour at 1:100. I agitated for 15 seconds initially and then 15 sec. at 1/2 hour. 70 degrees throughout. The result ...... impossible to print! These things are so contrasty that even after one full minute @ f/4 on my enlarging lens my shadows go to ink and the highlights don't even start to come up yet! So.......... thinking of the old adage, expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights am I safe to assume that I simply developed to long or perhaps should of been 1:200? Or maybe I should use the box speed of 200? I would appreciate any help anyone could offer. Inspecting with a loupe shows me good shadow detail so should I perhaps cut the time in development or rather just increase dilution?
Thanks in Advance,
Mike
Anyhow, I used Fomapan 200 rated at 100 (wanting to insure good shadows) exposure read with an incident meter and developed the film for 1 hour at 1:100. I agitated for 15 seconds initially and then 15 sec. at 1/2 hour. 70 degrees throughout. The result ...... impossible to print! These things are so contrasty that even after one full minute @ f/4 on my enlarging lens my shadows go to ink and the highlights don't even start to come up yet! So.......... thinking of the old adage, expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights am I safe to assume that I simply developed to long or perhaps should of been 1:200? Or maybe I should use the box speed of 200? I would appreciate any help anyone could offer. Inspecting with a loupe shows me good shadow detail so should I perhaps cut the time in development or rather just increase dilution?
Thanks in Advance,
Mike
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
an hour is about the same amount of time I would use to push TriX to 1600... so I'm guess it's just too much time for 100/200.
You might be able to recover some of the detail with a really good scanner (one with a high-dmax and multipass scanning).
You might be able to recover some of the detail with a really good scanner (one with a high-dmax and multipass scanning).
mikepry
Mike Pry
I have in fact scanned and I can get an acceptable image from that (on the Mac) but I print in the darkroom. I'm thinking to either up the dilution or reduce development time. I will do ONE thing at a time so as not to confuse things, you know.
erikhaugsby
killer of threads
Have you tried printing through contrast filters? A #00 might help drop the contrast.
mikepry
Mike Pry
I believe it's way to far gone for that.
Ronald M
Veteran
The obvious solution is less time. I would start next at 30 min.
You need not commit a full roll. Find a full range subject, make 6 exposures, pull out 12 inches of film in the dark and process just that much.
You need not commit a full roll. Find a full range subject, make 6 exposures, pull out 12 inches of film in the dark and process just that much.
wde60
Warren
I am very happy with fomapan 200 in Rodinal. I shoot it at 200 and develop in Rodinal diluted 1:80 for 25 minutes with brief agitations on the 5 minutes. I love the tones but have found that it doesn't handle contrasty sky situations well.
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