Tmax in Rodinal

That looks great. I haven't had the best of luck with Tmax 400 in Rodinal, but I used Tmax 100 in Rodinal 1+50 for nearly all of my landscape and architectural black and white work for 15 years.

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Shot in a Hasselblad, Tmax 100 in Rodinal 1+50
 
Thanks, Chris. There are lots of these sorts of landscapes in this part of TX. Problem being, TX is just so darn spread out. This was on the way home from a doctor's appointment in another town. The sky was just beautiful...stormy weather around.

Kenny
 
I used the massive dev chart's time of 8:00, Chris. Slow gentle inversions for 30 sec and then 3 inversions at 2, 4 and 6 minute marks. Stop, rinse and photoflo. If I remember correctly, I shot this roll at around 250 or 200, as well.

Gonna shoot some Tmax 100 after work today and this weekend and try it again.

If you don't mind my asking, what are your times and agitation techniques for Tmax 100 in Rodinal?

Kenny
 
In 35mm, Tmax 400 is real nice and stand-develops well (Rodinal 1:100):

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In medium format, I've only shot Tmax 100 so far (1:50, 12'), will try 400 soon:

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Roland.
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
What developing times are you guys using for Tmax 400 in Rodinal?
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Chris
Looking at my notes
I use Rodinal mixed 1:50 at 20°C and develop for 10 mins. Agitation is 30 seconds slow rolling followed by 3 sharp taps. The every min thereafter I just give it a swill and a tap. I find slow agitation is the key to keeping grain low and highlights controlled.
 
Kenj8246 said:
I used the massive dev chart's time of 8:00, Chris. Slow gentle inversions for 30 sec and then 3 inversions at 2, 4 and 6 minute marks. Stop, rinse and photoflo. If I remember correctly, I shot this roll at around 250 or 200, as well.

Gonna shoot some Tmax 100 after work today and this weekend and try it again.

If you don't mind my asking, what are your times and agitation techniques for Tmax 100 in Rodinal?

Kenny
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Thanks Kenny. I'm developing Tmax 100 for 11 minutes at 68 degrees. That gives correct contrast for the overcast weather we have so often in the midwest. In bright Texas sun, I'd give probably 8 minutes.

I have all my tested developing times and film speeds on my website, for several films and developers.

http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/technical/developing.php
 
Photo_Smith said:
Chris
Looking at my notes
I use Rodinal mixed 1:50 at 20°C and develop for 10 mins. Agitation is 30 seconds slow rolling followed by 3 sharp taps. The every min thereafter I just give it a swill and a tap. I find slow agitation is the key to keeping grain low and highlights controlled.
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Thanks Photo_Smith.
 
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