Re: B&W film developing questions

In article <13nu7g7ikfj9be3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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G.T. <getnews1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Ok, I just developed my first 3 rolls of film at home, and except for a 
>little bit of dust on the last roll the results are excellent.  I'll 
>s****adically be developing more over the next couple of months.
>
>I'm using Rodinal, Arista's indicator stop bath, Arista's Universal 
>non-hardening fixer, and Kentflo.
>
>Questions:
>
>1.  The Rodinal says undiluted it will last 6 months.  Can I be safe to 
>assume it will last that long?
>
>Also, with the Rodinal I've been developing only one roll per mix 
>because I'm new at this.  With Accufine, the previous developer I used, 
>I would do a couple of rolls in one canister before dumping back into my 
>storage container and repleni****ng.  And after 3 months at the same 
>developing time my negs were a little light.
>
>Can I develop more than one roll of film in my Rodinal?

Sure, if you want inconsistent results.  Maintaining a replenished
developer system for black and white work really requires a lot more
care than most people realize.  It is seldom worth the effort.  What
you actually want to do is buy a *larger tank* so you can develop more
than one roll of film at a time, instead of messing around with
repleni****ng the developer.

I would call both Accufine and Rodinal poor choices of developer for
general use (though each has its own set of special purposes for which
it works well).  You might want to try D-76 or ID-11, or one of the
newer developers like Xtol or DD-X.

-- 
  Thor Lancelot Simon	                                    
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