How old is my Rodinal?

Philippe-Georges said:

This is the rather optimistic way of looking at it...

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It is in accord with many of Photo Engineer's posts about film improvements.
As well as some other information I'm aware of concerning the approach taken when new or returning films were being developed - particularly the current Ektachrome.
The cost (and availability) of constituent ingredients is never unimportant. But availability is more likely to be a motivating factor for change in a competitive market where all producers have the same cost concerns.

Philippe-Georges said:

An old story about RODINAL.
I don't really recall the magazine where and when I got it from, it was residing on my computer for ages and it looks rather old, here it is just for the fun of it, and I hope that there will be no copyright issues...

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Thanks very much for sharing this beautiful material with us!

I found a 3rd bottle that I had bought with this lot that I forgot about. Someone had hand-written "New 2003" on it. The box looks the same approximate age as the others.

Rodinal is like good scotch.

if you dont think its strong enough in the current cup... put more in the next one.