HC110 as a replacement for Rodinal

[John Wiegerink]

I have an original bottle of Rodinal(pre-Agfa demise) and a bottle of Adox Adonal and can't tell the difference. Also, the old Rodinal still works just fine. The big question is still there, "Which substitute is the closest to the original Rodinal or at least the last/best variant"? B&H has and ad that says, Adox Adonal, but shows a bottle clearly labeled Rodinal. JohnW

 

[KPA40]

ADOX-Rodinal and ADOX-Adonal is exactly the same stuff. Both are made from the last recipe Agfa in Leverkusen made it until 2004/2005.

 

[M Carter]

Regarding switching - I experimented with HC110 after years of Rodinal - but it just felt so ho-hum to me. A Mamiya 6x7 neg on the lightbox post-Rodinal just looks breathtakingly 3D - I really missed that with HC.

If I want finer grain, I tend to go with DD-X, it's a beautiful developer and it does have a really wonderfully sharp look. I mix it 1+7 and use longer times, tonality seems the same but I get more use from a (pricey) bottle of DD-X.

 

[Kawaiithulhu]

According to a long winded semi-history piece I read the small difference between older formulations and the more modern is that they added something to reduce fogging as the chemistry was understood better over time.