Which ISO100 B & W goes well with Rodinal/D76? I know its subjective but....

[fixbones]

Hi people,

I am back asking for more advice.
Have been shooting mainly 35mm TriX and would like to try some 35mm ISO100 films.
So many out there and i am not sure which one to start with. I use both rodinal and D76

There are no shops within a 300km radius that sells any ISO100 B & W films so i'll have to mail order them. Thus i don't really have the luxury of buying a few of each and experiment.

Your experience and advice would really help............. as it has been 🙂

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I like Delta...super smooth.

 

[johannielscom]

See if you can get any Fomapan 100 Classic. It has a special kind of cristal layout, grain is very classical and well saturated.

From what I've seen it looks a lot better than Tri-X when souped in Rodinal.

 

[fixbones]

Mabelsound: Heard good things about the ilford deltas but i am trying to stick to conventional films for now.

Johan: Fomapan 100 classic looks interesting. I think Freestyle has it...might consider.

How about acros, arista and legacy pros?

 

[Freakscene]

If you want to match the tones of your 100-speed film with your Tri-X, try Plus-X - Arista Premium 100 is the same thing.

Any non epitaxial or flat-grain film will work fine in either Rodinal or D76. In fact the epitaxial (Delta) and flat-grain (TMax) films will work fine in either too, but they might take more work and in particular more attention to exposure and processing variables.

Marty

 

[cmdrzed]

+1 for Fomapan 100. I liked it so much I bought 300 feet to use with my stock of Rodinal.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Is Delta unconventional? I just develop it in both D76 and Rodinal as the Massive Dev Chart tells me to, and I get excellent results.

 

[cmdrzed]

I wouldn't say it's unconventional. Part of my Fomapan justification is that it was $18 for 100' on Freestyle a few months back.

 

[Freakscene]

Is Delta unconventional? I just develop it in both D76 and Rodinal as the Massive Dev Chart tells me to, and I get excellent results.

Delta 100 is an epitaxial emulsion - the developed silver grains have a rhomboid shape.

Marty

 

[fixbones]

I think Delta is a tabular film isn't it? correct me if i am wrong....

 

[sahe69]

Fuji Acros seems to work quite well with Rodinal.

 

[thomasw_]

A little slower than 100, but awesome in Rodinal --- Ilford Pan F+ 50; the FP+4 125 is great with HC 110 dil. E

 

[Uncle Fester]

Fuji Acros seems to work quite well with Rodinal.

I agree. Try it in Rodinal 1:100 for 18 minutes. Agitate 15 seconds per minute for the first 3 minutes, then two gentle inversions every 3 minutes for the remainder of the developing time. I like to expose it at EI 80 for this combination.

 

[Trius]

APX 100:

TMax 100:

I haven't worked out the TMax100/Rodinal combination yet.

 

[Trius]

+1 for PanF+ and Rodinal, though I rate it @ 32 or 40

 

[fixbones]

Trius: I like the APX 100 shot!

 

[ChrisPlatt]

APX100 in Rodinal is a classic combination.

Chris

 

[Tom A]

My vote goes to ACROS 100 and either in Rodinal or home brewed Beutler 1:1:10/7 min. For some reason I cant get along with the Delta 100, but I do like FP4+!
There are a lot of 100/125 iso films and I would just get one of the "major" ones (Kodak/Ilford/Fuji) and start shooting with it. It usually takes some rolls to get settled with one - your personal way of exposing/developing etc. But once you got that licked you are set.
The main reason for going with a major name is that you can count on some consistency in quality and hopefully, that it will remain in production for a long time!
The odd ball choice here could also be Kodak's +X 5231 Movie stock - comes in 400ft cans (about 70 rolls) - remarkable mid-tones and can be rated at 80-100 iso. If you are going to have to have it shipped anyway - a couple of cans of this will keep you for awhile!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Acros 100 works beautifully in Rodinal. Haven't tried it in D76.

Acros in Rodinal

Tmax 100 works in both D76 and Rodinal very well.

Tmax 100 in Rodinal. EI-50 This film won't give full 100 speed in Rodinal, but is very sharp and beautiful tonality

Another Tmax 100, EI 50, in Rodinal

D-76 1+1 on Tmax 100. Full speed, nice tonality, not quite as sharp, grain slightly finer.

 

[hiromu]

I like Neopan Acros with 1:100 for 20 min or so. But that's the only 100 speed film I have tried with Rodinal.
Hiromu