Check unblinkingeye.com for a good article on using both Xtol and Rodinal together..maybe the best of both worlds. Have not tried it myself so can not say, but have been hoping to try the combo. A small bottle of Rodinal is pretty cheap.
Check unblinkingeye.com for a good article on using both Xtol and Rodinal together..maybe the best of both worlds. Have not tried it myself so can not say, but have been hoping to try the combo. A small bottle of Rodinal is pretty cheap.
I used this combo and loved it for 35mm and medium format. Best of both worlds is right. Excellent acutance and definition. If I hadn't jumped into LF, I would still be using it. I will see if I still have a scan and post it in the Technical Gallery.
I use a lot of 35mm TRI X and switched from Rodinal to XTOL some time ago. Each developer works well with TRI X but I prefer my TRI X in neat XTOL. I usually dev for 7.5 mins @ 20C (rated at 400 ISO) and only do six films through one litre then throw it away. Great negs and easy to print. Interestly HP5 + also goes well in XTOL at 8 mins. I mainly keep Rodinal for the Konica infraded and Kodak infrared films.
If any one has experiece / times for Neopan 400 in XTOL I would be interested to hear about these.
Summary: XTOL / Rodinal are both excellent developers but after quite a bit of use of each I prefer XTOL for my work (mainly landscapes).
Give them a go - Rodinal is cheap and will last for ages.
Tri-X and Rodinal is a very nice combo, but when I use it I rate the film 250-320 and develop for 11-12 minutes in Rodinal 1+50 (30 sec agit. in the beginning and 5 inversions every minute.)
Sharp and grainy (but it's the beautiful Tri-X grain )