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

[Turtle]

Foma 100 has the classis 'rodinal look' and matches TriX far better in overall structure/look terms than any of the modern films like acros or Tmax. Foma 100 and TriX work well as a pairing and wont have you going from the old school look to the new school look from iage to image. Grain is pretty decent with foma 100 and rodinal if you agitate only once per minute or so and it has a nice sparkle. Grain is larger than one would expect with Acros or Tmax however. In Xtol (and I bet D76 is similar) the grain vanishes with Foma 100. Its just like APX100 in this regard.

 

[Austerby]

I've always liked FP4+ as my standard film in this range, but have to say that I'm going to be using Acros 100 a lot more, especially with Rodinal, as the results have been excellent - attached is from a Hasselblad - Rodinal 1+100.

 

[fixbones]

The few acros + Rodinal that i've seen here looks really nice. Smooth tonal gradation.

Anybody has examples of Foma + Rodinal?

 

[Turtle]

Anybody has examples of Foma + Rodinal?

Unfortunately not, apart from prints/negs in another country. Looks almost identical to APX100 + rodinal. Old school look, typical rodinal straight line, grain looks beautiful even with large prints.

 

[Roger Hicks]

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

Sort of. It's a different technology from Kodak's, though: Ilford were a bit surprised when they saw that Kodak was using a technology they had considered but decided against as being much more finicky about developer repertoires, exposure and development regime.

The distinction between 'new technology' and 'old technology' films is much more blurred than it was, as 'old technology' films also have far more controlled crystal growth than they used to, and 'new technology' films are far more tolerant of different developers, over- and under-exposure, and differing development regimes than they used to be when they were first introduced.

My personal favourites in slow B+W are Delta 100 in 120 or Acupan 200 (true ISO in most devs identical to FP4 -- Foma's own figures) in 35mm. My least favourite is Acros. It's the finest grained but it's also slowest (true ISO is typically a lot closer to 80 than to 100 in most devs) and it took me lots of experiments to get acceptable tonality. Someday I have to try FP4 in PMK, as Ed Buziak used to get stunning tonality from that.

Cheers,

R.

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

Foma 100. Rated at EI50. Rodinal 1+100. 7mins.










I've used Foma 100 and Rodinal as my main setup for a while before switching over to Plus-X.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=15288061@N00&q=foma100+AND+rodinal1100&m=tags#page=0

 

[mfogiel]

For a surefire result, try Rollei Retro 100 (rebranded APX 100) it is really cheap too from maco direct.

 

[Roger Vadim]

APX, Rodinal 1:50 13 min (starting point). Great and classic combo!

Be aware that the times in the Agfa Rodinal spec sheet are all for a medium density of .65, which is far too contrasty for my taste. So -20 % from these numbers are more likely.

Very nice old school thick silver-rich emulsion is Adox CHS 100, but I don't know if that is available in the U.S. The look from the 50's if you soup it in Rodinal and shoot with a Sonnar...

 

[Monokrome]

My personal favourites in slow B+W are Delta 100 in 120 or Acupan 200 (true ISO in most devs identical to FP4 -- Foma's own figures) in 35mm. My least favourite is Acros. It's the finest grained but it's also slowest (true ISO is typically a lot closer to 80 than to 100 in most devs) and it took me lots of experiments to get acceptable tonality. Someday
I have to try FP4 in PMK, as Ed Buziak used to get stunning tonality from that.

Cheers,

R.

You should also consider HP5 Plus in PMK. Years ago, someone I know developed one of my rolls of HP5 plus (120) in PMK and the tone reproduction was absolutely beautiful. It think PMK could be described as a "pictorial developer". I am very tempted to buy some from Silverprint.
Do you know what papers Ed was using?

 

[hans voralberg]

My personal favourites in slow B+W are Delta 100 in 120 or Acupan 200 (true ISO in most devs identical to FP4 -- Foma's own figures) in 35mm.

R.

What is the true speed of Acupan 200 in Rodinal then Roger? I just got a couple of rolls and will try them out soon.

 

[PMCC]

APX100/Rollei Retro100 in Rodinal 1:50 (classically with a Sonnar), as Roger says. Development time to taste. Am inspired by this thread to try Foma 100.

 

[Roger Hicks]

What is the true speed of Acupan 200 in Rodinal then Roger? I just got a couple of rolls and will try them out soon.

Dunno but I'd guess 64-100. Should be tonally lovely. Slight overexposure (<1 stop = 32-50) will do less harm than slight underexposure (<1 stop = 125-200).

The emulsion is loaded with developer accelerators so times are shorter than you expect and you may get less of a Rodinal 'look'.

Please let me know how it turns out.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Roger Hicks]

You should also consider HP5 Plus in PMK. Years ago, someone I know developed one of my rolls of HP5 plus (120) in PMK and the tone reproduction was absolutely beautiful. It think PMK could be described as a "pictorial developer". I am very tempted to buy some from Silverprint.
Do you know what papers Ed was using?

Yes, I should, and no, I don't...

Cheers,

R.