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Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

I hope I will get all needed chemicals. If it's gonna work, I'm gonna be king of turning bad event to good side.

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

Gerald C Koch said:
Do a spot test with the rodinal and a piece of film or paper. Then post again with the results.

1 minute, film is same as at begin (Rodinal 1:10)

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

6 minutes, film is a bit darker

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

Fixed, film is clear. I guess we got results= 10 minutes in 1:10 Rodinal, than fixed and the film is clear

Gerald C Koch · Jun 19, 2011

This is very strange. The spot isn't any darker than the surrounding area?

removed account4 · Jun 19, 2011

it seems that your developer is bad ( crud at bottom of container )
maybe it was just bad luck ?

in any case lightening rarely strikes the same place twice ...

just shoot another roll, get NEW developer and try again

have fun !

perkeleellinen · Jun 19, 2011

These mistakes always happen when you've shot your best photos.

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

Gerald C Koch said:
This is very strange. The spot isn't any darker than the surrounding area?

The spot where the film was touching surface of developer is a bit darker

Gerald C Koch · Jun 19, 2011

This is very interesting. A poster less than a week ago title "Rodinal failure?" had the same problem. After 10 min rodinal 1:10 the spot should be very dark. How old is your R09?

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

About six months

zsas · Jun 19, 2011

Shopingjs said:
Also, I looked into the bottle and saw this:

Has your developer hardned up? Is that what the photo you posted is of?

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

zsas said:
Has your developer hardned up? Is that what the photo you posted is of?

I don't know if I understand you correctly, but yeah, that's photo of inside of the bottle, there's hardened "rocks" of developer.

Роберт · Jun 19, 2011

What me wondered about the photo the color is more or less RED, which is very strange for Rodinal or R09.

On the other hand, a 1/2 year opened bottle should not be any problem. Especially not for Rodinal / R09 one shot (can be years, decades and even go Black) while R09 (Calbe) should do it at least for 1 1/2 year. The color for R09 (Calbe) should be like Coke.

So maybe this guy is right and something is wrong with this chemical..........

Роберт · Jun 19, 2011

"rocks" of developer

Forming crystals is normal for R09 but your color is very strange.

zsas · Jun 19, 2011

It looks like the developer has separated and its abilities to develop your negatives has become compromised because some of the chemistry needed to dev the film has hardened up and those properties are absent when trying to dev your negatives. Do you have another bottle of dev to try? Or after swirling the bottle around can you reconstitute the bottle you took a pic of, into a liquid again? I worry that those "rocks" are needed chemicals that have become absent from your dev since they hardened up??

trexx · Jun 19, 2011

Shopingjs said:
Fixed, film is clear. I guess we got results= 10 minutes in 1:10 Rodinal, than fixed and the film is clear

Doing the clip test
What fixer and dilution did you use?
If the developer produced any change the fixer should not have made it clear.

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

trexx said:
Doing the clip test
What fixer and dilution did you use?
If the developer produced any change the fixer should not have made it clear.

Recommended Fomafix dilution=1:5

woosang · Jun 19, 2011

Dont feel bad. I did three films on Saturday. Same result. A bummer but we move on

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

Guys on temnakomora.cz gave me few tips, I hope they will work. I hope I will get all needed chemicals and then I post results.

2F/2F · Jun 19, 2011

Usually in cases of developer death, there is at least something on the film however faint. Are you sure there is absolutely nothing there?

Shopingjs · Jun 19, 2011

2F/2F said:
Usually in cases of developer death, there is at least something on the film however faint. Are you sure there is absolutely nothing there?

If I look very carefully, I see borders of fields (is it correct word ?)

Gerald C Koch · Jun 19, 2011

If your R09 crystalizes you can try putting it in a pan of warm water and periodically shaking it. However, if you have already removed some of the liquid and used it then the composition of the remaining liquid has changed and it should be discarded. This is a problem with water based highly concentrated developers. You have to keep them near room temperature. HC-110 does not have this problem since it contains no water and there is nothing to crystalize out. If you buy more R09 I would recommend transfering it to a glass bottle. Unless they have changed the container in which it is supplied since I last bought it the plastic used allows oxygen to get in. Agfa used a special composite plastic bottle which did not have this problem.

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