Rodinal. Which 100 ISO film for it?

[jose_francisco]

What is your oppinion about Agfa Rodinal? Is APX100 the best film

for "Rodinal look"?

What is your experience with it?

[scott_eaton]

I've processed virtually every B/W film in rodinal and my favorite for the Rodinal 'look' is Tri-X Professional at EI 250 and 1:50. Agfa APX is often accepted as the default film to combine with Rodinal, but with Kodak spending more R&D on B&W films than Agfa, Tri-X Professional doesn't take much of a grain penalty over APX 100, if at all.

 

Note that Tri-X professional and regular Tri-X behave differently in Rodinal. The Pro version doesn't seem to get as coarse with this develoepr as the standard Tri-X.

[deanmeeks]

APX100 with Rodinal is a great combo. I expose APX at 64ASA and soup at 1:50 for 12 minutes in distilled water. The negs have a luminosity unlike any other to the point they almost look like a positive image. However, negs made under bright sunny conditions at these times can be tough to print, the contrast range still too wide for my condensor enlarger to the point of being constricted to #00 - #1, Ilford filters. But the mid-tones are wonderful. Future efforts under these conditions will lead me to reduce dev time to maybe 10.5 minutes or so and see how that works. For all other conditions, 12 minutes is spot on for me at the delution ratio.

[deanmeeks]

...Let me add that grain in an 11x14 print souped in the above mentioned combo is noticable but unintrusive, the tonal qualities more than making up for what grain may exist. There is hardly no evidence of grain in an 8x10 print.

[shel_belinkoff2]

I like APX 100 in Rodinal. Generally tend to use the 1:100 dilution. Developing times depend on the EI and contrast of the scenes. Generally EI 50 or 64 and 1:100 for about fifteen minutes. Agitation of two inversions for about five secs once per minute.

[jim_appleyard]

I've never really compared Plus-X (ISO 125) with APX, but Plus-X is a good one in Rodinal.

[timothy_nolan]

APX 100 is my default answer....but...

 

...if you're not pushing *at all* TMax 100 is pretty special too, in my experience.

[db1]

I've been using APX100 rated at 64 in Rodinal 1+100 for 15 minutes at 68 degrees.

[jordan_w.]

I'm not a Rodinal expert, but I like FP4 Plus in Rodinal 1+75 for 16 min at 20C. I've had some very nice prints from that combo.

[bernhard]

Just to avoid some confusion, as all Tri-X flavors are called professional these days: The film Scott is talking about, I think, is 320TXP, it's available only in MF. The other flavor is 400TX.

[chris_waller]

For finest grain and acutance, TMax 100 (rated at 50 ASA, Rodinal 1:50, 20 C, 8.5 minutes. Ditto Ilford Delta 100. If fine grain is not critical then Tri-X at 160 ASA, Rodinal 1:50, 20 C, 11 minutes. APX 100 at 50, ASA Rodinal 1:50, 20 C, 12 minutes. I prefer this last in 120 format. All times for diffuser head enlarger.

[xav]

With 100 films I would say Rodinal is good with all of them. Last 100 rolls I processed in Rodinal were Delta 100. Beautiful.

[rodrigo_roger]

Rodinal is a great developer.- Clearly it represents a good choice for a broadly number of films.- In my experience Rodinal deals very well with Tri-x, Plus-x, Ilford FP4, TMAX 100/400 and of course the Agfa films.- However, I would be cautious using it with HP5, Ilford PAN 5O or Delta Films.- So, with Agfa 100 great results, for sure.-

[oskar_ojala]

APX100 or FP4+, they're slightly different but both are very good. Maybe I'd pick the APX100, but I've been shooting and testing more FP4+ lately since it's readily available in sheet sizes.

[aeiffel]

Fuji Acros @64, 16-17' in rod 1:100

 

APX100 @80, 20' in rod 1:100

 

TMX @64 rod 1:50, 9'30"

(processing at 20°C)

 

these times work for me but you'd better test by yourself.