Re: Reticulation ; Rodinal/Konica IR

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The Konica's so finegrained, it's almost a shame to reticulate it.
Its normal grain structure (Microphen 1:3 or Microdol-X 1:3) is
unbelievably fine!

Rodinal usually doesn't do this to films which are developed in cool 
water, even though it swells the hell out of the gelatin.  If you 
used an acid stop bath, you might want to consider a simple water
rinse instead.  That will prevent the intense contraction in the gelatin
that occurs when the pH suddenly nosedives.

Personally, I use much milder developers, as above, with this film.
It's so nice when it comes out of dilute Microphen!  It's very hard to
see which side is which, the emulsion's so smooth and shiny!

Ed Lukacs
Washington, DC
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>  
>   Hi all, 
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> 	on a friend's recommendation I tried souping a 35mm roll 
> 	of the Konica in Rodinal (1:75 for 9min)  the negs look 
> 	good, a bit less starkly contrasty as w/ D-76, though I  
> 	think the very contrasty ones were my own fault in over- 
> 	exposing a brilliant white structure in the low evening 
> 	light  ;^). 
>  
> 	anyway, -- the film came out with a mosaic pattern, a 
> 	very consistent one much like a stone walkway. relatively 
> 	uniform shapes and rather "arty", so not a total loss  :) 
> 	I followed the Rodinal agitation instructions - constant 
> 	for first minute & 5s/min for the duration. Being my first 
> 	Rodinal experience, I did a "moderate inversion", trying 
> 	for neither too vigorous nor too gentle. 
>  
> 	As all the developing solutions were evenly temperatred, I 
> 	suspect either an agitation cause or perhaps the slightly  
> 	warmer wash bath for the reticulation.  Any ideas &/or tips 
> 	for using Rodinal by others here would be highly appreciated, 
> 	as I have heard lots of good things about it as a developer. 
>  
> 						Thanks ...... 
>  
> 							Bill 
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