Re: B&W film developing questions

"G.T." <getnews1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>> In article <13nu7g7ikfj9be3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> G.T. <getnews1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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 have a bigger tank but still am such a novice that I want to keep
doing 
> one roll at a time.
>
>> 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.
>
> My instructor suggested D-76 or Xtol, but he mentioned that I'd get good

> grain from the Rodinal so I wanted to give it a shot.

Rodinal with slower film - up to and including ISO 100/125 - is superb. 
Ilford PanF and PanF+ with Rodinal is wonderful.  Try 11 minutes at 1:50,
68 
degrees F/20 degrees C, constant agitation first 30 sec and agitation 5
sec 
out of 30 sec thereafter.  And with the faster films - ISO 400 and up - 
you'll get very sharp...as contrasted to mushy...grain.  Great for the
kind 
of ****traiture I like.

There are folks who don't like Rodinal.  That's okay.  After all, some
folks 
don't like Chevrolets and others don't like Toyotas.  The key is to try 
Rodinal.  If you like the results, great.  If you don't like the results, 
look for something else.