You should give developing a go it's really easy and a lot quicker than sending it way to have it developed. It can be done in your kitchen or bathroom and if you chose the right developer you can even do your C41 XP2! I mostly 'stand develop' as it's easy and versatile and allows you to develop films of different speeds in the same tank. If you are interested take a look at this Workflow Tutorial #2: Stand Development with Rodinal – J B Hildebrand Photography
Rodinal/Rodinol's patent has expired, so everyone can put a chosen name on his/her product and sell it. My favourite film shop does the same thing. Enjoy!I bought a Jobo 2400 tank, which is no longer manufactured, so it cost a ridiculous amount of money for plastic. This should start me on my stand/semi-stand developing journey for at least 35mm . I have watched a lot of videos on developing, and I honestly cannot bring myself to use a changing bag, I am too scatterbrained for that but since this Jobo tank needs no bag or darkroom, it might work better for me. Now to get some Blazinol and fixer, Rodinol is not available here but I am assured Blazinol is the exact same thing.
Rodinal/Rodinol's patent has expired, so everyone can put a chosen name on his/her product and sell it. My favourite film shop does the same thing. Enjoy!
M.
Yes - and it was/is called Rodinal if it's the original - but there are loads of other brand-names now. I've used it during the development workshop I did. I'll try out a monobath and something fully bio-degredable (X-tol or similar) before (probably) going back to Rodinal (or RD - the generic version sold by my film shop). But the Massive Dev Chart shows countless options for Rodinal - it's really a universally useful developer, and has been tried and tested to its fullest potential.Was Agfa the inventor of Rodinol?
The lab box site says stand development is possible. When they finally get round to shipping product I will definitely be getting one.
No, but they made the call for final address confirmation; should be in soon-ish. I'm not sure about stand developing - haven't looked into it yet. I think working the magic is part of the fun, but of course, it's also quite nerve-wracking until you really get the hang of it (I haven't, as of yet - but that's to be expected, I'm a noob ...).Matt, did you get yours yet?
No, but they made the call for final address confirmation; should be in soon-ish. I'm not sure about stand developing - haven't looked into it yet. I think working the magic is part of the fun, but of course, it's also quite nerve-wracking until you really get the hang of it (I haven't, as of yet - but that's to be expected, I'm a noob ...).
M.
I'll keep you postedLet's hope you get yours soon. I see they have pre-sales on but not sure for when though.
Yep, just like a normal rangefinder in a camera. It focusses with a thumbwheel with distance markings. Get the images lined up and see what the wheel says.How do these work? Like a regular built-in range finder, or do they just give you a distance readout? Very neat devices!
Yep, just like a normal rangefinder in a camera. It focusses with a thumbwheel with distance markings. Get the images lined up and see what the wheel says.