Examples of APX developed in Rodinal and Microdol

I am looking into doing a project for school using APX 100 (120) and

I'm trying to decided whether to use Rodinal or Microdol for the

developer. From everything that I've read, Rodinal in this format

with this film works very well. I'm curious if anyone has had any

experience with Microdol. Also, if anyone has any examples of APX 100

developed in either of these developers online, I'd love to take a

look at them.

 

Thanks,

Kyle

I do not know if it will helpfull, but take a look at this:

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/1092409&size=lg

 

APX 100 was processed with Rondinal at 1+25. I've also used the 1+50 dilution with this film, but because at this time I'm not able to do my own printing, it's difficult do say what is my prefferred combination just by looking at scans (when scanning, results seam quite the same).

 

Regards,

 

-Rui

Kyle,

I have no experience with Microdol, but I can tell you that APX100 processed in Rodinal is one of the best possible film/developer combinations that you could use, especially so with 120 film. It gives beautiful results and I particularly like the acutance and wonderful tonal gradation. I have no results on line, but the differences you are likely to see might not be observable on line. Getting an image to a computer screen over wires filters out a great deal of information.

 

I should think you would be very pleased with the results. If you enjoy experimentation, do it, but trust me, Rodinal/APX100 will give you very, very good results. Rodinal is the oldest commercial developer still in production and seems an excellent companion to apx100.

 

Joe Stephenson

Microdol-X and Rodinal are pretty much at different extremes as to how developers are classified. Microdol-X is a very fine grain developer, which also reduces sharpness (some say Microdol-X is somewhat �mushy�) and also reduces film speed. However both of these effects are somewhat moderated at 1:3 dilution.

 

Rodinal is a relatively high sharpness (acutance) developer that tends to produce more apparent grain than most developers. Grain can be kept in check with careful control of temperatures (70F or below and consistent among all solutions) and gentle agitation.

I just shot two test rolls of APX 100 and I've gotten some Rodinal and Microdol so I'll see a side by side comparison. I'll take note that I should keep the temps below 70. What is your recommendation for aggitation? I usually do first 30 secs then 5 sec every 30 after that. Too much?

Your agitation timing seems fine, although I personaly just use about 5 seconds per minute if the total development time is at least 8 minutes. But there are other things that affect it such as how much free space there is for the reels to slide up and down, how much solution there is in the tank (air at the top of the tank causes a lot more movement of the solution during agitation), etc.

Ansel Adams's <i>The Negative</i> has a sample graphic of exactly the developers you're considering, comparing the effects of Rodinal and Microdol-X. Take a look at it in a bookstore or a library.

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Another consideration is the dilution of Microdol-X you intend to use. The more you dilute it, the less it softens grain and the more it compensates. Scott Eaton has remarked in the archives about the effects of different dilutions of Microdol.

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Rodinal can be souped up with sodium sulfite to make it faster: I do this quite frequently with 8x10 TMY. More comments on Rodinal can be found at

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http://www.unblinkingeye.com

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and look for the article on "Appreciating Rodinal."

Kyle, for undiluted Microdol you must lower your film speed at least 1 stop. Don�t worry about reduction of sharpness. It is my standard developer.

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Rather unusual viewpoint. I would cropped the remnants of sky in the upper part of the print entirely. IF you want to keep the verticals perpendicular to... the center of Earth�s gravity, you can rectify the print either in the enlarger, or in Photoshop. Then tilting the neg wan't be obvious to anybody, while the strong shore diagonal are still in place.

 

Is it a toned copy? My congrats.

Hope I got your name right. I agree totally, for illustrative purposes of the film/developer combo I left the image uncropped (though I'm a fan of squares, call it a weakness). Although I do have some selenium and sepia, this was untoned. I did utilize a greenish yellow filter though.