May 17 2011
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“ Using such a low quantity of dilution means that the developer needs a lot longer to act. I’ll address actual timing in a minute, but with the increase in time comes a compensation effect. Basically what happens is that the highlights develop first and then the shadows slowly develop detail over the remainder of the time the film stays in the solution. This means that in high contrast scenes this form of development is useful for capturing detail that might otherwise be lost using conventional development methods. Additionally, the grain tends to be lower since there is less agitation.
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Great post on stand developing with Rodinal from Feeling Negative.
Some good stuff in the comments too (including a plug for FilmDev from long-time user and Rodinal fan skink74).
I’m gonna have to try stand developing some Rodinal real soon now.
