Stop bath question..

[Doug]

Not using stop-bath; I've just let the film sit in the rinse water without agitation for a few minutes, and then change the water and agitate before going in the fixer.

My thought in this is that the bit of developer that has soaked into the emulsion will, while in the water bath, exhaust itself quickly in the denser parts but have an opportunity to work a little longer to build a bit more density and contrast in the shadow areas. Compensating; sort of a small "Diafine effect"... 🙂

 

[Fawley]

I'm using rodinal.. 1 + 50 1+ 75 also 1 + 100.

I use Ilford's Ilfostop, nice smelling citric acid, and I have never had a problem useing it straight after Rodinal with a variety of films. I may be in the minority here, but I like to do everything I can to keep my fixer fresh. Ilfostop is easy to mix, for paper I simply mix it right in the tray, and its dirt cheap. This way I can keep my fixer longer. Powder fixers are a pain to mix, and Ilford's liquid rapid fix, which is what I use, is on the expensive side, at least compared to stop bath.