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I’m impressed! Rodinal shelf life? (How to test) Very sharp, highlights not blown (nearly always are usually) and nice contrast and tonal range. I actually much prefer this to my normal developing look for this photo at least. Mamiya RZ67 + Fuji Acros film developed with Rodinal Rodinal developer characteristics
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She had mainly digital photos taken on the day but when I seen a nice pose I grab the Mamiya RZ67 / Contax 645 for some film photography shots. I used my Mamiya RZ67 and Fuji Acros film. This was a model photography portfolio shoot with UK model Josie. Film roll #1 – Stand development (Mamiya RZ67) I have found there is not a hard and fast rule and I always experiment with different times and temps to see the effect. You can just play around with it to taste. If for you the film develops a little too exposed/ bright for you taste then next time shorten the Rodinal developer times by 10mins. If you are new to using the Rodinal developer I would say start with 60 minutes and check the results. The standard Rodinal developer times that most people use or mention online is the famour 1 hour duration. I timed 30mins and did 1 agitation at 15mins (so this is semi-stand developing really)(for even results/ increased contrast) at 20 degrees. Normally I develop for 19-23 mins so I did not want to wait the usual ‘1 hour’. Paterson tank (Film developing tank) + Developingįor my 120 film reel depth in the Paterson tank I needed 600ml approx (to be safe) so used 6ml of Rodinal to tap water. In the UK you can get Adox Rodinal from Amazon if you don’t live near a big city: Adox Rodinal – Amazon (UK) I think I bought my very first bottle of Rodinal developer in a camera lab but since then tend to buy most things online as it is just easier.
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I have not tried the Adonal version but the bottle looks almost identical to Adox Rodinal. In addition to R09 developer (One Shot) I also have Adox Rodinal in a bottle that looks like this and it is also sold as Adox Adonal. Rodinal developer is sold in a few different forms. You can buy it in 125ml bottles from eBay. I say Rodinal but the formula I use is actually called R09 One Shot or R09 developer. When home developing B&W film I normally I use a mix of Xtol & Rodinal to stand develop my film but today I tried just Rodinal, 1:100. Join me on YouTube! Rodinal R09 One Shot / R09 developer