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I have a free day, and a free open lab available for 6 and a half hours today. No large format classes are going on, so I can come in to one of the private developing darkrooms and finally take care of some of my b/w sheet film that has been piling up.
I have about 20 sheets of 5x7 FP4, exposed in January, and 8 sheets of 4x5 FP4 (exposed a few months ago) that I hope to handle today.
A few sheets are marked for plus one, and one marked for minus one. I know how to handle these ones with HC-110. Problem is, pretty much all of the film is marked for stand development. I normally use HC-110 for this, but I am in an experimental mood, and definitely want to use Rodinal for one of my 5x7 shots in particular, and maybe for more. It was a very long exposure in a very high contrast situation. I am having a hard time deciding between dilute D-23 or dilute Rodinal. In you all's experience, which of these has the most extreme compensating effect? I have used both for stand development, but never was that exact about measuring the effects. Both printed well, but both were shot on different films and in differing levels of contrast, so "scientific" comparison is impossible at this point.
So, I am talking about D-23 1:7 vs. Rodinal 1:250. Which one do you think will compensate the most?
I have about 20 sheets of 5x7 FP4, exposed in January, and 8 sheets of 4x5 FP4 (exposed a few months ago) that I hope to handle today.
A few sheets are marked for plus one, and one marked for minus one. I know how to handle these ones with HC-110. Problem is, pretty much all of the film is marked for stand development. I normally use HC-110 for this, but I am in an experimental mood, and definitely want to use Rodinal for one of my 5x7 shots in particular, and maybe for more. It was a very long exposure in a very high contrast situation. I am having a hard time deciding between dilute D-23 or dilute Rodinal. In you all's experience, which of these has the most extreme compensating effect? I have used both for stand development, but never was that exact about measuring the effects. Both printed well, but both were shot on different films and in differing levels of contrast, so "scientific" comparison is impossible at this point.
So, I am talking about D-23 1:7 vs. Rodinal 1:250. Which one do you think will compensate the most?
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