Hi Janet -
Rodinal is my "standard"developer.
I use it with FP4+ and HP5+ and prefer the grain and increase in perceived
sharpness to the smudged appearance of so-called fine-grain developers. I find
it easy to use, and the concentrate seems to keep almost indefinitely.
I understand that R09 is the original formulation.
Adox sells Rodinal under the name Adonal. It's available from Freestyle, B&H,
and elsewhere.
Hope that helps - Brian Smith
From: Janet Cull <janetgcull@xxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, 18 April 2015 6:07 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Rodinal
I would *love* to try it. Is it a good combination with Tri-x? Tell
me how to pay, and how much. Thanks.
Janet Cull
<janetgcull@xxxxxxxxx>
On Apr 17, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Snoopy wrote:
Dear Janet,
yes, R09 is the "retro" developer made by Maco Photo (I think) and
sold
via Macodirect and other dealers. They claim it is like "Rodinal
Classic" :-) and I have not found a difference so far, except that
is is
not as dark as old Rodinal (i.e. the solution in the bottle).
Rodinal was called the "developer for grain lovers", somewhat
unjustly I
hasten to add. If you use Rodinal in weaker diltions (1:50, 1:75,
1:100)
it is a very nice developer and acts as a balancing/compensating
developer. I find the recommended dilutions of 1:10 or 1:25 as too
harsh
and grainy.
It is excellent stuff and the original used to last like forever,
until
the stuff in the bottle was pitch black and almost tar-like
consistency,
like you had to use a spoon to get it out...:-)
As for the Eastern European variant your friend might be thinking of
Adox Adolux APH09 which I believe is also sold by FOMA as R09 as well.
I would bet there is just one place now making huge tubs of the
Rodinal
clone and everyone fills their canteen from it.
I use R09 and still love it and have salvaged many n old film with it.
The basic Rodinal recipe is more than 130 years old, I have delevloped
films known to hve been lying around exposed for 60 years. Now THOSE
were grainy, but the grandchildrn were very happy to get grainy
pictures
of their granny and Grandpa.
If you want to try the stuuf I can get you some R09 and send it to
you,
free airrmail shipping worldwide!! :-)
Love,
Snoopy
On 17.04.2015 18:45, Janet Gable Cull wrote:
I saw a friend's negatives last night that were so nice (actually
scans
of them), and when he described the quality of them it described
what I
like. He said he processed them in the old Rodinal (bought on Ebay),
and that there is a new developer with the same name but that it
isn't
really the same as the old. He also told me about another
developer out
of eastern Europe that's supposed to be like the old Rodinal. Is it
RO9? Not sure I'm remembering that right.
Another guy from a Hassy group on FB said Adox makes Rodinal, and
it's
like the original. Is that so?
Please tell me what you know about Rodinal, and where I might get the
"real thing". Thanks.
Janet
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