Rodinal looks fine to me. You might try Hyfinal if you want a little less " snap". It's totally personal. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Decher To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: [rollei_list] Rodinal & Neopan results Hi Everyone, This "Donkeys in WIlliston, VT" series are the first three results from the roll of Neopan 400 I processed in my "old" Rodinal 1:50 for 11 minutes (as recommended on the Rodinal box and the "Massive Development Chart"): http://www.flickr.com/photos/mittelformat/ It got a bit too contrasty for my taste so I struggled a bit to make it work in the digital environment and I know the negs won't be a pleasure to work with in the darkroom. Perhaps the developer was a tad too cold (1/2 a degree Celsius) ?? Two pictures ot the Montreal olympic tower against the blue sky are worthless becasue the sky and tower ended up almost white in white (on this note: I am looking for a clean Bay II orange filter!) I may go back to Sprint Developer or D76 for Neopan 400. Definitely need a softer result for "Mother and baby" shoot I have planned with my 3.5E. Any suggestions? Jan On Mar 24, 2009, at 1:07 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote: Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:35:28 -0700 Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rodinal Question From: Richard Sintchak <rich815@xxxxxxxxx> I've used 5+ year old stuff that was not brown, but BLACK. Worked fine. -- Richard S. San Francisco