Polypan F equivalent available today?

[R.Gould]

Rodinal will last forever, I have used 50 year old Rodinal, from a glass bottle that I found i the back of a chemical cubord that I was clearing out, black as tar, but still working perfectly, for stand development of Foma films I would suggest rodinal at 1/100, and semi stand works better, that is agitate for first 2 minutes, then again half way though, and stand for 1 hour, works well as I can attest, I have tried it, I don't know about HC110 I have never used it and it was recently changed, you can buy a 250 bottle of Rodinal, sold by Foma from Process Supplies, who I would suggest for buying your film, as they are the main importers of the film,Good luck
Richard

 

[Steve@f8]

Thanks Richard.

 

[koraks]

Rodinal will last forever

It used to. There are many reports of contemporary rodinal (variants) not lasting more than a few years.

@Steve@f8, if you're interested in shooting Polypan F, maybe the remnant of a roll that I have lying around could be of use to you. I likely won't use it because I prefer more middle-of-the-road materials. I'm not sure how many ft/m still left on this roll, but it's pretty heavy. Should be more than 100ft if I were to take a guess. I don't know when this expired because I got it second hand, but I have shot one or two rolls from it and it behaved just fine. No fog or anything. Drop me a message if you're interested.

 

[R.Gould]

In my experience RO9/One shot lasts as well as Rodinal used to, indeed, I can say that for me it lasts for 10 years as I have used the dregs of a 10 year old bottle of RO9 one shot , with crystals in it, recently to develop a film when I had run o9ut of developer, due to fog and storms stopping my newer order arriving on time,(That is one of the pleasures of living in a small island with no photo shops), film developed as if the developer came out of the new bottle,