Kodak T-Max developed in Agfa Rodinal?

rtuttle · Oct 12, 2006

Has anyone here tried developing T-Max in Rodinal? Someone I know is looking to have some film developed and I offered to help, however I don't use T-Max or HC-110 (anymore) just Rodinal. I was just wondering if anyone has ever given it a try?

fschifano · Oct 12, 2006

I have and don't like it. IMO, using Rodinal on TMax film doesn't let you exploit the best qualities of this film. XTOL works best of all the developers I've tried so far.

Stephanie Brim · Oct 12, 2006

I've done it and liked it. I'm apparently weird, though.

Markok765 · Oct 12, 2006

Stephanie Brim said:
I've done it and liked it. I'm apparently weird, though.

no your not! i like tmax 100 in rodinal 1:200 for 2 hours no agitation. very sharp, in d76 ive found tmax 100 is not sharp.

rtuttle · Oct 12, 2006

fschifano: What didn't you like about it? Do you think it would work for just straight developing meaning no pushing or pulling? It's not really fine art more of a photo expose type thing, I guess (it's not mine)

Stephanie: What did you like about it? Did the highlights plug? Proper shadow detail?? Either of you can tell me here or explain in detail via pm. Whatever help you can give would be appreciated greatly!!

Stephanie Brim · Oct 12, 2006

Expired by 6 years at least. YMMV. 1+100.

Amund · Oct 12, 2006

Portrait is TMX in Rodinal 1:50
Dog is TMY 1:50
Sorry about those awful frames

rtuttle · Oct 12, 2006

Looks ok to me. I think this is kind of thing he it doing except with people so maybe it's ok.

rtuttle · Oct 12, 2006

Amund: what was your development time and agitation method? 35mm? They look really good, nice tonality!

Amund · Oct 12, 2006

rtuttle said:
Amund: what was your development time and agitation method? 35mm? They look really good, nice tonality!

Yep 35mm. Nikon F100 and the supersharp 70-200 VR lens.

The portrait was 12min with agitation the first minute and 10 seconds each minute thereafter. Shot with off camera flash(old Nikon SB-15)

The dog image was developed for 9min, same agitation.

Both images are straight negative scans, but I have printed them too, and the neg scans are very close to the prints.

rtuttle · Oct 12, 2006

Nice, thanks!!!

jim appleyard · Oct 12, 2006

I've never liked the t-grained films, too flat for my taste, but I have done T-Max 100 in Rodinal (EI 80, 1+50, 12 min.) and they were the best results I've ever had from T-Max 100. I spent years shooting T-Max 100 and trying different devs to find the right combo. Rodinal was the best, but it was just easier and better to go back to trad grain films.

Shawn Dougherty · Oct 12, 2006

I've used T-Max 100 and Agfa Rodinal to make all of the photographs in my Night Work gallery.

http://www.shawndougherty.com/photographs.html

Semi-stand. Rodinal 1:125 for 48 minutes aggitating for the first minute and for 30seconds at the halfway point (24 minutes). Good luck. Shawn

Oh, yeah. Mark Citret uses T-Max 100 and Agfa Rodinal, too. www.mcitret.com

fschifano · Oct 13, 2006

rtuttle said:
fschifano: What didn't you like about it? Do you think it would work for just straight developing meaning no pushing or pulling? It's not really fine art more of a photo expose type thing, I guess (it's not mine)

I just think that TMX works out really well in XTOL. Typically, I'll dilute the stock 1+1 and run the process at 68 deg. F for 9.5 to 10 minutes. These are the Kodak recommended times and they work very well for the vast majority of subjects. Add a little bit more time if the lighting is very flat, or cut back on agitation a bit if the light is very hard.

The whole point to using this film is to get ultra fine grain and very high resolution. The few times I processed this film in Rodinal (1+50 dilution) I got some visible grain at about an 8x enlargement, so it defeats the purpose. Another drawback is that I got too much contrast. I found that I'd have to sacrifice either the shadows or the highlights. With XTOL I get much more of both, full speed, and finer grain with no apparent loss of resolving power. Some folks claim that the film looks mushy. Either I'm blind, or I don't understand what they mean.

fotod69 · Dec 4, 2006

rtuttle said:
Has anyone here tried developing T-Max in Rodinal? Someone I know is looking to have some film developed and I offered to help, however I don't use T-Max or HC-110 (anymore) just Rodinal. I was just wondering if anyone has ever given it a try?

I developed my Zone System with Rodinal and Tmax 100/400 and TX400 films.
the results are superb to anything else I tried. I sell fine art silver prints made from these negs and always get as good as results as I ever seen. My dilutions vary from 1:50 to 1:100
Good luck,

Matt5791 · Dec 4, 2006

I am finding this thread really interesting as I have just started using Rodinal - and so far I love sharpness.

I'm about to run tests with various films, so this gives me some starting thoughts.

Kodak T-Max developed in Agfa Rodinal?

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