Re: HIE Developers

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Mankin.Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone:
>      Thanks all for the imput of yesterday.  I still would like to use Rodinal
> as a first choice for development, but I still don't understand about exhaustion
> .  I dilute the concentrate 1:50 and develop at 68 degrees for12 minutes and
> like I said - get great results.   As the concentrate is exposed to the air it
> gets a deeper brown and as I have been told, it is unuseable.  How long can I
> use this??  Do I have to alter the dilution in order to compensate for the
> exhaustion and aging process??   As usual any help will be appreciated!!

Not at all.  Like I said, I've used the same bottle over the past year without
any problem and yes, the color is certainly different.  I've used Rodinal for
all of my slow films and many of my large format films for years and can tell
you that Rodinal keeps better than any other developer I've used.

george

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