TriX 1600 in Rodinal 1:50 - Not too shabby :)

[fixbones]

Was feeling adventurous and decided to shoot a roll of TriX pushed to 1600 to be developed in Rodinal.
I must say the results surprised me and i might just stick to this combo for a while 🙂

Shot with ZI and 35mm PreAsph Lux.
Scanned with Plustek 7600.
The only adjustments made (with Capture NX2) were to both ends of the curves to make the blacks black and whites white and also a very slight unsharp mask.


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[raytoei@gmail.com]

Outstanding! Can I know if your times were gotten from the Massive Dev Chart site ?

 

[johannielscom]

interested in those times and agitation as well, great shots!

 

[fixbones]

yeap.
Both the massive dev chart and steve anchell's book suggested 18.5 minutes.

What i did was......
Rodinal 1:50, 20 degrees centigrade.
Continuous inversion for first 30s.
Then 2 invs every minute till 9 mins mark and 1 invs every 2 mins till the end.

 

[fixbones]

Don't ask why i decided to do my inversions the way i did.
I thought it felt right so i went with it without knowing what to expect........

 

[coelacanth]

Nice pics. I'm also enjoying Tri-X@1600 with Rodinal 1:50.

MDC is suggesting 18.5 min, but I've been doing 20 min with following agitation scheme.

45 sec continuous > 10 sec per minute for first 10 min, then one more at 15 min mark. I think it preserves highlight and gives me a bit more flexibility for prints.

Film scanned.

Printed on Ilford MGIV FB.

 

[fixbones]

Great skin tones in your first pic!!!!!!
Might try ur recipe the next time around.... this is fun =D

 

[J. Borger]

Outstanding!
Havo to try both receipes asap.

 

[Haigh]

A really nice look,and 1600 at that. Stay there and show us more images from your 1600 and Rodinal.

 

[jmilkins]

top stuff - love the tread pattern on the Vespa tires and the patterns you get out of the Fed Square paving.