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By a sheer coincidence I happened to take the same picture on two rolls of 35mm Tri-X rated at EI 400. One roll wound up getting developed in FG-7 1:15 in a 9% Sodium Sulfite solution for 7 Min, (which was my suggestion in the "Opposite of Rodinal" thread)., the other in Rodinal 1:50 for 13 Min.

No big surprises but I thought that since I had them, I'd post them for anyone that might have an interest. They are sections of a flatbed scan off of prints. The full neg Rodinal print can be found in the Critique gallery [Lake].

Rodinal on the Left (duh)
 

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Soooooo Neal....Rodinal on left???? :wink:
 

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Neal, Thanks for the post..interesting, while the grain is noticeable so is ..hmmmm! I guess what is perceived sharpness (or at least contrast) in the wire/lines. Will take a look at the print in the gallery. Now if you had just one more roll, and some X-tol to add a little Rodinal to... :wink:
 

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Interesting. Out of curiousity, could you post scans of the negs? Possibly expanded by 4x or 5x? I'm wondering what the wires look like at higher magnfication.

Chris
 

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Flotsam said:
By a sheer coincidence I happened to take the same picture on two rolls of 35mm Tri-X rated at EI 400. One roll wound up getting developed in FG-7 1:15 in a 9% Sodium Sulfite solution for 7 Min, (which was my suggestion in the "Opposite of Rodinal" thread)., the other in Rodinal 1:50 for 13 Min.

Rodinal on the Left (duh)

My only comment is why would anybody use Rodinal on anything rated greater than 100 EI? It is a slow film developer and performs as it is intended to with slow speed films.
 

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Bruce (Camclicker) said:
My only comment is why would anybody use Rodinal on anything rated greater than 100 EI? It is a slow film developer and performs as it is intended to with slow speed films.

I regularly use Rodinal on films with speeds of ISO 100 and greater. Why? Because I want to.

Do I need more of a justification?
 

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Ed Sukach said:
I regularly use Rodinal on films with speeds of ISO 100 and greater. Why? Because I want to.

Do I need more of a justification?

Not in my estimation. Nothing like a man who knows what he's doing.
 

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Bruce (Camclicker) said:
Not in my estimation. Nothing like a man who knows what he's doing.

???? Are yoiu saying that I do know what I am doing? ...Or that I don't?
 

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Ed Sukach said:
???? Are yoiu saying that I do know what I am doing? ...Or that I don't?
NOOOOOO! Not at all. I'm saying you KNOW what you're doing. You are using a product in a manner that works for you. I'm saying you have put in the time and effort to learn the strengths and weakinesses of Riodinal and use them to YOUR advantage.
 

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Bruce (Camclicker) said:
My only comment is why would anybody use Rodinal on anything rated greater than 100 EI? It is a slow film developer and performs as it is intended to with slow speed films.
I'm with Ed on this one as I use Rodinal for everything from 25 to 3200. Why? Because I love the Rodinal look and because I can :D In fact there's a couple in my gallery at the moment that were shot on Tmax P3200 souped in Rodinal 1+50.
 
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