[pure-silver] Re: Adding Sodium Sulfite to Rodinal and Developer exhaustion.
- From: titrisol <titrisol@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:32:13 +0100 (BST)
Why would you add sulfite to Rodinal 1+100?
In 35mm and 120 10 minutes seemed to work fine with noirmal agitation (first
30s and then at the top of the minute)
I have no clue how to transfer that to 4x5
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> From: Bogdan Karasek <BKarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:33 PM
>Subject: [pure-silver] Adding Sodium Sulfite to Rodinal and Developer
>exhaustion.
>
>Hello,
>
>I am developing some 4x5 Efke 25. and i want to use Rodinal 1+100. The
>"Massive Dev Chart" gives a time for 11minutes for 120 film. What time
>should I use for 4x5?
>Also, there is a caveat. I have to add 1 tbsp of Sodium Sulfite per 500ml.
>What role does the Sodium Sulfite play in the solution?
>
>Related to that, i am developing the sheet film in 6L tanks that can hold 4
>film racks with each rack holds 4 sheets, so 16 sheets developed in 6L of
>Rodinal 1+100. Will the developer be exhausted after 1 development or can I
>do a second round of 16 sheets. I'm just getting used to the idea of mixing
>6L of developer, stop and fixer. It's when I get to the 16L Kodak tanks that
>the fun will start. Am I better off using the 16L tanks? Problem is that
>when I shoot still life and macro in the studio, I'll shoot the same item in
>4x5 for possible enlarging and 8x10 for contact printing, so I need to have
>tanks for 8x10.
>
>The same questions applies if I am using 6L of D-76 1+1?
>
>I used to do my developing my sheets film developing using the Ansel Adams 5
>card shuffle in trays, but now that I am also starting to shoot more 4x5 and
>am also starting in on 8x10.. So I decided that using the racks for 4x5, 5x7,
>and 8x10 would be faster as I can process more film.
>
>Any comments and suggestions are welcome.
>
>Cheers, Bogdan
>
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