Doin it standing

[Mats_A]

I just have to brag to an audience who knows what I'm talking about.

Having read about standing developement with Rodinal I decided to try it on a roll of 120 FP4+. Rodinal 1:100, 1 minute constant agitation. Rest 1 minute, 10 second agitation. Rest 30 min, agitate 30 sec. Rest 30 min. Stop, fix, wash....

Pulled the roll from the reel with trembling fingers. Oh Joy. Sharp! And beautiful contrast! At least what I could see on the negs. Can't wait to put in on the light table tomorrow and have a real look at it.

If the negs are as good as I think even on paper I will be very happy.

Thank you all for listening and for sharing so much information.

r

Mats

 

[Vincent Brady]

Right Mats, don't hang about get those negs printed and scanned.
___________
Vincent

 

[JMcLaug351]

Shimoda, I have seen and have been very impressed with what you have posted here on APUG. I share your excitement with the new process. I've been experimenting with semi stand developement for a while now and I love it too. Good luck with these and please post your results.
JOHN

 

[ntenny]

I'm curious about stand development, but I've never dipped my toe in the Rodinal pool and I really don't need *another* developer on the shelf. Am I right in thinking it works well with high-acutance developers generally, or is there something special about p-aminophenol in this respect? How does one figure out a starting point for the time?

My one experiment with stand development in HC-110 was interesting but couldn't exactly be called successful. I basically got giant squares of monster grain with an occasional bit of image leaking through.

-NT

 

[benjiboy]

Damn, I thought this thread was about something else

 

[werra]

Do the minimal developer volume requirements apply to 'doin it standing' as well?
I'm used to min. 5ml of Rodinal per roll. Works OK with 1:50 in 250ml tank. 1:100 would need 2.5ml which sounds a bit way too low. Should I use 500ml tank for stand?

 

[Mats_A]

Do the minimal developer volume requirements apply to 'doin it standing' as well?
I'm used to min. 5ml of Rodinal per roll. Works OK with 1:50 in 250ml tank. 1:100 would need 2.5ml which sounds a bit way too low. Should I use 500ml tank for stand?

I read somewhere that Agfa recommends a minimum of 10ml / film. I used 5ml and result was OK. Have not tried 2.5 ml.

r

Mats

 

[BetterSense]

FWIW I routinely use 5mL for plain-vanilla developing with Rodinal and never noticed a difference.

 

[hugopoon]

Saw a flickr photo last month. Rodinal 1:300 with 1ml Rodinal, but that was 35mm film (if that makes a difference)

 

[Q.G.]

See also (there was a url link here which no longer exists).


I got me a bottle of Rodinal (last time i used it was in the late 1970s) and will be trying stand developing too.
Never done it before.

 

[werra]

1:100 would need 2.5ml which sounds a bit way too low.

Mkay, it may sound low, but it works OK.
250ml water + 2.5ml Rodinal, 1 min initial agitation, 29min stand, 10 inversions, 29min stand and beautiful result with APX400, which usually turns out as horrible crap with 1+25 or 1+50 dilution.

 

[Dave Martiny]

Would you share the ISO rating and development temperature? Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[George Collier]

I use Rodinal 1:100, 75F, with Delta 400 all the time, works with Trix too.
2 min presoak (if I don't presoak with D-400, I get a lot of foam during agitation in development, must be the AH layer), then 2 min constant agitation, then 15sec agitation every 4 minutes for 20 - 23 min, depending on subject contrast. Negs could be contrastier, but they print well split filtered with a V54 Aristo in an Omega D2.

 

[MaximusM3]

Good luck Shimoda...keep us posted. Rodinal minimum amounts are BS. I have gone as low as 1ml with no issues.

FP4 120 and Rodinal is magic..this is with a 1:50 dilution (not standing): http://www.flickr.com/photos/leicaman/4722336559/lightbox/

 

[Kevin Kehler]

I just finished 20+ rolls of stand development for local gentleman in exchange for some darkroom equipment. I used 22-25 ml Rodinal to 2000ml of water (1:90) for 3 rolls of 36 exposure. 1 hour, with 60 seconds constant agitation to begin and 30 seconds halfway through. All came out fine and very printable negatives.