Rodinal stand development at low temperature (13 degrees celsius)

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I am not sure why the OP posted. He likes the results he gets with his method. Some will have the same experience and some will have a different experience. No consensus will be reached. I think OP should do whatever he feels gives him the best result.
 
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From now on, if I see a typical such thread I think I'll just post "IADF" and duck out.
Hi Pdeeh,
Regarding "inchoate acutance developer fetish" try Beutler developer with Tmax or PanF or Kodak or Konica BW infrared films (if you can find some) and I think you will see that the resulting prints from the negatives do indeed benefit from a high acutance developer (of course grain is more apparent in a high acutance developer than in a fine grain developer).
Infrared shots using Kodak high speed infrared and Konica infrared films developed in Beutler high acutance developer respectively - I wish you could see the prints on Grade 5 Agfa Paper (I could sell you them at a bourgeois price + postage),
Grass Tree in Flower after Fire.jpg

Grey Kangaroos in Landscape.jpg
Cheers Peter
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I am not sure why the OP posted. He likes the results he gets with his method. Some will have the same experience and some will have a different experience. No consensus will be reached. I think OP should do whatever he feels gives him the best result.
Hi ferryman,
Spot on. I like the repartee.
Cheers Peter
 

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From now on, if I see a typical such thread I think I'll just post "IADF" and duck out.

Pretty much! Saves the pain of reading endless threads theorising about grain behaviour with acutance developers when no controls of temperature etc are in place - never mind electron microscopy or microdensitometry...
 

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Infrared shots using Kodak high speed infrared and Konica infrared films developed in Beutler high acutance developer respectively - I wish you could see the prints on Grade 5 Agfa Paper

Grade 5 paper is going to have more to do with the appearance of apparent 'acutance' than specific developer choice, at least at non gigantic sizes (and with properly big prints, enlarging lens choice will have a bigger effect arguably than developer choice on apparent sharpness).
 
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Pretty much! Saves the pain of reading endless threads theorising about grain behaviour with acutance developers when no controls of temperature etc are in place - never mind electron microscopy or microdensitometry...
Hi Lachlan,
Low temperature development should be handy in Glasgow. The Young brothers of the Easybeats (Friday on my mind) and AC/DC migrated to Australia in the early 1960's to get away from the severe winters in Glasgow. As a retired scientist I enjoy not having to perform rigidly controlled tests in my photography and I enjoy looking subjectively at the results. What really counts to me is that I can reproduce my development procedures and get a consistent outcome.:D
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As a retired scientist I enjoy not having to perform rigidly controlled tests in my photography and I enjoy looking subjectively at the results. What really counts to me is that I can reproduce my development procedures and get a consistent outcome.
How are you keeping your solution temperature at 13 degrees for two hours?
 
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Grade 5 paper is going to have more to do with the appearance of apparent 'acutance' than specific developer choice, at least at non gigantic sizes (and with properly big prints, enlarging lens choice will have a bigger effect arguably than developer choice on apparent sharpness).
Hi Lachlan,
Thanks for your thoughts. I used Grade 5 paper to compensate for the low contrast of the resulting negatives.
Cheers Peter
 

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I don't know if this has been suggested before, but my theory is that a lower temperature implies less Brownean movement of the molecules in the solution, so it is largely equivalent to less agitation.

This would would only work is the halide chrystals were free to move about however they are fixed in the emulsion. Therefore changing the temperature has no effect.
 

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This would would only work is the halide chrystals were free to move about however they are fixed in the emulsion. Therefore changing the temperature has no effect.

I mean the molecules in the developer, not in the film. Molecules in the developer are moved around by flipping the tank, know as 'agitation' but the molecules have also a Brownean movement which is temperature dependent.
So you have macro movement, micro movement and an intermediate approach is agitation by vibration.
Just thinking out loud.
 
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