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For Efke 25 (about 95% of what I shoot), Rodinal 1:100. For HP5, Xtol 1:1.
Jim Bielecki
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What's your developer choice?
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FrankS
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Ilfosol S for 400 speed Ilford HP5+
Rodinol for 100 speed APX
Rodinol for 100 speed APX
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NelsonFoto
Guest
HC110 and Diafine. Haven't Rodinal'd in a while, but have some handy.
FrankS
Registered User
The great things about Rodinol besides the nice results you get with slow film, is its longevity and economy.
Jamie123
Veteran
BrianPhotog said:
I checked the price for DD-X on b&h and actually at 15$ it's pretty cheap compared to the 45sFr. (around 35$) it goes for here in Switzerland.
Harry Lime
Practitioner
Jamie123 said:
Xtol negs are very, very sharp and fine grained and out here in sunny California have enough punch to knock you off your chair. They are wide open in the shadows and retain lots of highlight detail. It's a very modern looking developer, especially in broad daylight. The older style developers like D76 seem to produce a more compressed looking negative. Xtol is almost too good at it's job, for my taste.
DD-X has many qualities of Xtol, but I think the highlights look a little different and Tri-X looks very 'pearly' in it.
I also had problems mixing XTOL. For some reason we just didn't click.
Nothing scientific about the above, just my personal observations.
Besides, buying DD-X supports Ilford... ;-)
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Jamie123
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Thank you Harry
Went out to buy two rolls of acros today but didn't buy a developer yet. I think I may try both out once to see which I like better. I found a "fact sheet" on the internet for fuji acros and apparently they recommend "microfine" for finest grain. Haven't really heard of it. Maybe a fuji brand.
Anyways, thanks again for the info. If you happen to have any samples of acros & x+tol vs. acros + dd-x I'd love to see them.
I already feel like I highjacked the thread a little so I better stop writing now 🙂
Went out to buy two rolls of acros today but didn't buy a developer yet. I think I may try both out once to see which I like better. I found a "fact sheet" on the internet for fuji acros and apparently they recommend "microfine" for finest grain. Haven't really heard of it. Maybe a fuji brand.
Anyways, thanks again for the info. If you happen to have any samples of acros & x+tol vs. acros + dd-x I'd love to see them.
I already feel like I highjacked the thread a little so I better stop writing now 🙂
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
FrankS said:
Yep, same with Diafine...which is why I use them. Diafine and Rodinal are a frugal photographer's best friends.
peterc
Heretic
Rodinal for slow to medium speed films or when pulling high speed film.
Ilfosol-S for medium to high speed films.
The films I generally use are Acros, Silvertone/APX 100, FP4+, and APX 400.
Peter
Ilfosol-S for medium to high speed films.
The films I generally use are Acros, Silvertone/APX 100, FP4+, and APX 400.
Peter
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plexi
Guest
DDX, T-Max or XTOL for medium format and smaller, HC-110(and TXP) for 4x5 and 8x10 that involves skin tones, PMK Pyro for 4x5 and 8x10 for the rest...
NickTrop
Veteran
Diafine... Favorite with Tri-X at 1000 for 35. Put that in a Yashica Lynx 14 with its 1.4 leaf shutter, and you got yourself ultimate low light tool(s). Fine with other films, super easy, lasts forever...
Then it's plain ole vanilla D76. No, it's not exotic but you know what? I always get good results from it no matter what film I use.
After trying a fair sampling, this is what I've settled on.
Then it's plain ole vanilla D76. No, it's not exotic but you know what? I always get good results from it no matter what film I use.
After trying a fair sampling, this is what I've settled on.
Max Power
Well-known
Rodinal 1+50 for slower films (FP4+, Delta 100, Fomapan 100, APX 100) and DDX for Delta 400...Although I have used Rodinal with Delta 400. It was cool😀
Kent
Kent
Andrew Sowerby
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My film gets HC-110 cos that's what the fella at the lab uses. I've never had reason to complain.
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Stu :)
Guest
Before Agfa disappeared I used Rodinal 1:50 with Neopan Acros, SS, 400, Kodak's HIE and T3200, it was simply wonderful. Now I'm at a complete loss.
Perhaps it's time to give XTOL another go... and find another film developer that does grain like Kodak 3200 and Rodinal.
Stu 🙂
Perhaps it's time to give XTOL another go... and find another film developer that does grain like Kodak 3200 and Rodinal.
Stu 🙂
w3rk5
Well-known
I've started developing a couple of months ago. I've only used HC-110. The main reasons for me using HC-110 is because of it's shelf life, price, ease of use, availability, and because I like the results I get from Ilford HP5+ and AGFA APX 400 (both rated @ 200-250).🙂
Jason Sprenger
Well-known
Another one for HC-110. My shooting is sporadic. I have to lay off from time to time or else what I shoot tends to look all the same. HC-110 is ready when I am.
When I push film, specifically Plus-X or Tri-X, Diafine comes out. It too is ready when I am.
When I push film, specifically Plus-X or Tri-X, Diafine comes out. It too is ready when I am.
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rovnguy
Guest
Rodinal. Soon it will be gone forever. Like the other great stuff Agfa used to make.
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
Just to let you know...someone bought the rights to produce the chemicals. Rodinal is being made as I write this. 😉 I think that Freestyle still has the old stock, but I do believe they'll be getting the new stock, which should be the same formula as the new Rodinal, when they run out.
steve garza
Well-known
I use T-max cuz it consistently works for me. I've tried Rodinal, but wasn't careful enough with it. I'll try it again. By the way, Rodinal is still available through Photographer's Fomulary if anyone is interested.
steve garza
Well-known
ahhh...now that I read the thread....I purchased my Rodinal at Freestyle about a month ago.
