Rollei Retro 80s - Stand in rodinal when pulling

I've used this film in some situations quite a bit. I know that it's quite divisive, so would rather avoid that. I've always shot at box speed, and the best results I've gotten were doing stand development (generally 1:100 for an hour). I was generally doing stand as I was a bit lazy and cheap. I tried normal development at 1;50, and can see on the negatives alone that the contrast is wildly different. So, I'd like to get back to stand, but this last batch I've used I shot at ISO 50 as the lighting allowed it, and I figured it would potentially tame the contrast a bit as well.

The caveat is I see only one suggestion on filmdev.org which is posted with the same times/temp as shot at 80 (1:100, 20C for 60 minutes). I realizing I'm pulling only half a stop. I've got some extra rolls on me so can do some tests using the above as a starting point, but curious if anyone has any experience.

kiss-o-matic said:

I realizing I'm pulling only half a stop

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More accurately: you've exposed half a stop more than you did before.
If the development you did before was to your liking, I'd just do the same now with the 'new' exposure. It's not going to make a massive difference; the shadows will open up a little more.

That's what I was thinking -- at least as a starting point. I've also read the post (in a few places) for one user finding 1:150 @ 45 minutes as a nice solution as well. Maybe I'll do a test roll, cut it in half, and try both.

Thanks.

Sure thing; maybe you can report back once you're tried it and tell us how it went.