Shanghai... blush...

[Seabee]

I guess I am low end... but I bought a box of Shanghai...

I found a developing time of 15 minutes with a 1:50 Rodinal mixture.... pics came out Reeeeeally dark.

What kind of developing time do you use (if anyone else admits to using Shanghai...)

Thanks
Chris

 

[Seabee]

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html

gives it 15 minutes...

The box says 6-10 minutes...

I will try the next one with 10.

 

[PHOTOTONE]

We all use all sorts of films, some inexpensive some expensive. It doesn't matter. What does matter is knowledge. What you should know is ANY table of processing times is only a starting point for finding YOUR personal developing time, that takes into consideration your exposure style, your film agitation style, your water quality (for mixing chemicals). I find to really zero in on ANY film, I have to make adjustments to my developing time which departs from published charts.

 

[asp.artist]

I don't have my notes, but I was using it in the 8 minute range for good results. Using RO9. 120 film.
Anne

 

[arealitystudios]

Don't feel bad. I've seen some lovely results with Shanghai film and would buy it myself if I found a good deal.

I've used it once before and found 1:50 for about 8 minutes in Rodinal to be good for the 100 speed stuff. It depends on how you meter and lighting conditions of course, but as a starting point that always worked well for me.