Continuing my Experiments with High Contrast films and my Very Old Dark Brown RODINAL, I tested some 35mm Kodak Technical Pan given years ago by Studio Photographer then loaded my MAMIYA C220 and was blown Away with the Resolution I got ! Here all the shop details are resolved and contrast good
No Cars allowed there it is pedestrianised now -- it USED to be a 'Through Road' For these I rated the film at 25 ASA -- some were a bit 'dense' so could use 40 ASA next time. I would say if anyone wants to use their OWN 'RODINAL ' which is probably much FRESHER than mine to test first or the results may be very contrasty with Technical pan.
Yes -- I had a look at those 'Dilutions' -- the 'initial test' i did with a 35mm TP was with 1+50 as I am finding my RODINAL is so old now that it is really 'on it's way out' -- when I tried it with Agfa Ortho Document film 25 ASA I used 1+50 and really the negs were under-developed so I put some more Rodinal in the the next test and I reckoned it was 1 + 30 and results were better so I did the maths for my small Paterson Tank Series 2 and used 9.5 mls of Rodinal in 285 mls total which covered the 120 film and that was 1+30 and gave the results I got - some negs were even a bit 'Dense' at 10 minutes so I could use 40 ASA and cut time a fraction for next test. I 'Warn' people if YOUR Rodinal is 'FRESH' then 1+30 will probably be too strong. I HAVE a fresh bottle as well.