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tri-x in rodinal
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hiya,
i’m running low on d76 and thought i’d try some of my backlog of tri-x (400) in rodinal.
anyone done this combo? nice and grainy??? do the usual suspects stock rodinal (gunnes, barker??)
cath.
Rodinal Special?
I got it in Gunnes-
13 mins, 1:50, 20C was the reccommendation, I think-
though I gave it only 11 and a half-
and it worked out fine-Very grainy scanned, (but I don’t like grain)
though not bad when I photographed the neg-The scanner will have a major bearing on the grain-
Btw,
the Tri-X I developed was well out of date,
and shot on a Holga,
so completely disregard anything I said :Dj
I did it a long time ago. Back then I used the times quoted at The Massive Dev Chart and it worked out fine. There are two flavours of Tri-X so you need to watch out for that.
Love the slideshow on your website btw,
impressive work-How are they taken,
there must be some digital in there too?j
jb7 thx, the pix from the slideshow are all digital… but influenced by a class i did in alt processing.
i wish i knew how to do similar work in film, but i started as a digital gal and am working towards making film do what i know i can do in photoshop, rather than the other way around. if you follow.
thorsten… what do i look for on the labeling to tell between different tri-x’s…
cath
fluffy_penguins wrote:
thorsten… what do i look for on the labeling to tell between different tri-x’s…
You probably needn’t be overly concerned with this. When people talk about Tri-X they’re usually talking about 400TX. There is another variant known as 320TXP, but this doesn’t come in the 135 format. I used only shoot black and white in 120 format, which is how I initially became aware of the differences years ago. Both films are described in detail in the relevant Kodak Data Sheet.
phew.
thought for a moment you were saying there were different 400’s (and who knows, stranger things have happened to me when i wasn’t paying attention)… mine is the regular old 400 speed tri-x pro.
:-)
cath.
Hi Catherine,
Gunns stock Rodinal but if you can’t get to them soon, let me know and I can give you a bottle at the weekend.
Peter
I’ll be in Gunns before the weekend Catherine, let me know what you need and I’ll have it for saturday. Send me a text, as I wont be online as much between now and saturday.
F
Catherine, i generally use it at 1:50 for HP5 and Fuji neopan 400. For Tri-x Agfa recommend or did recommend 1:100 for 20 minutes at 400asa, 15 minutes 1:100 at 250asa, or 12 minutes at 1:50 at 400asa . I use it for all films including Kodak Infrared and the old Kodak Tech Pan. Nearly all modern emulsions now work well in Rodinal, sharpness has increased and the chunky grain has reduced.
If however you want some chunky grain try 35mm HP5 1:50 at 800asa for 16 minutes, however you will be at grade 4-5 when printing them.
Thanks everyone.
Fintan – will be texting shortly.
Can I use any old fix, or is there a brand that is supposed to “go with” the rodinal?
cath.
:-)
i’m good on fixer, thx … 2 big bags of chemicals. should see me through until next trip to paris.
just processed some holga stuff from paris. nothing as gorgeous as eddie, mind you.
loads of night owls tonight!
cath.
fluffy_penguins wrote:
nothing as gorgeous as eddie, mind you.
so you have a big crush on eddie, he’ll be afraid of you in the darkroom at the next workshop :lol:
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