Hi,
AFAIK the Foma "rodinal" is marketed as R09, which would place it
in same league with the ORWO R-09 formulation. Having said that, I
never tried it (even though Foma is making it in my country <g>)
yet.
Could you please elaborate on the different formulations, Shel?
Thanks!
BTW, I wouldn't much trust Foma's own times. Try to use Rodinal or
ORWO's times as starters. Foma's times are often too short or too
long ;-(
Second, Ilford Pan 400 is a film sold only on central & eastern Europe
markets. Some say it's HP5 (the before + version), some say it's a
lower quality HP5+ (only one coating than two coatings of HP5+),
some say it's a HP5+ sold at better price to capture the CE/EE
market. God knows!
I have same results with the Pan 400 at 1600 as with regular HP5+
at 1600. Never tried the Pan 400 at 3200, which is HP5+'s push
limit.
Now, Rodinal has by many people's opinion (mine too) best tonality
at 1:100 dilution. You might try to experiment from there.
Especially with classical films.
I would disregard the Foma times and start with Agfa Leverkesen /
old ORWO times.
Frantisek
Friday, March 08, 2002, 3:34:24 PM, Shel wrote:
SB> Hi - I don't know the answer to you question, but allow me a moment ...
SB> Although it's reasonably well known that there are several formulas for
SB> Rodinal, and most are quite similar, I've not heard of a Foma Rodinal.
SB> Is there any difference between its formulation and that of other
SB> Rodinal formulations? Is it like the original Agfa Rodinal, or the
SB> contemporary Agfa Rodinal, or like another formulation?
SB> That said, I believe most formulations are close enough to one another
SB> that they can be used almost interchangeably. Perhaps you can start
SB> with the time/temp for the film using a standard Rodinal, say 1:50 @
SB> 20-degrees. Regardless of what information you receive, you'll have to
SB> run a roll or two to arrive at YOUR EI and developing time/temp.
SB> Now, about the film. Ilford Pan 400 is not one with which I'm
SB> familiar. Is it local to your area, or do you mean another film, like
SB> HP5+, which is the 400 speed Ilford with which most of us are familiar?
SB> You don't mean Delta 400, or 400 Delta, do you?
SB> Finally, why do you want to use this particular combination? I'm just
SB> curious. Is there some set of characteristics that you're looking for?
SB> Is it just what you have on hand <g>?
SB> Artur wrote:
>> Anybody knows how long I hould develope Ilford
>> Pan 400 in Rodinal made by Foma?
>> Dillution 1:40, temp. 20 - 21 deg. C
>> Don't tell me to use Ilfosol or something:)))
>> I want to use THIS combination:)
Good light,
Frantisek Vlcek
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