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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Film and Labs / June 2004HP 5 + Rodinal = Grainy prints ?
I just developed ( first time in 17 years ) my two HP 5 films in Rodinal 1+ 25 @ 68 F for 8 min just like the instruction says and then stopped and fixed in Kodak chemicals. The subjects where outdoors , some in the shadow , some indoors daylight but none with flash And the prints where done by my local foto shop ( so far very happy with them ) on Fuji Frontier machine on color paper ( all they carry ) 4X6 size and they are "very grainy" Now my question is ... is it possible that I screwed up negs or the lab screwed prints or they are going to be grainy ( 400 ASA ) or I should have used different developer? to get less grain Any answers are much appreciated Thanks Magic > I just developed ( first time in 17 years ) my two HP 5 films in Rodinal 1+ > 25 @ 68 F for 8 min just like the instruction says and then stopped and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > used different developer? to get less grain > Any answers are much appreciated Thanks Magic Your header said it all : HP5+ Rodinal = grainy prints. It ain't what Rodinal was meant for! David Magic: Rodinal is well known for producing very sharp images, but that sharpness comes at the cost of very high grain. Try HC-110 instead. Not as sharp, longer tonal scale, and much less grain. Al Doyle ............................................................................ ................................................................ > I just developed ( first time in 17 years ) my two HP 5 films in Rodinal 1+ > 25 @ 68 F for 8 min just like the instruction says and then stopped and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > used different developer? to get less grain > Any answers are much appreciated Thanks Magic > Now my question is ... is it possible that I screwed up negs or the lab > screwed prints or they are going to be grainy ( 400 ASA ) or I should have > used different developer? to get less grain Rodinal and HP5 (or Tri-X) is *quite* grainy to my eye (Rodinal is known to enhance sharpness ;-) ). I would suggest trying D-76 (or Ilford's equivalent ID-11). Dana > I just developed ( first time in 17 years ) my two HP 5 films in Rodinal 1+ > 25 @ 68 F for 8 min just like the instruction says and then stopped and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > used different developer? to get less grain > Any answers are much appreciated Thanks Magic WAY too much development! Try 1+50 for 8 minutes. You used a grainy film and a very old-technology (vintage 1887) coarse-grain developer... HP5 was designed for modern developers such as Ilford ID-11 or Kodak D-76. But it is still a somewhat grainy film. > I just developed ( first time in 17 years ) my two HP 5 films in Rodinal 1+ > 25 @ 68 F for 8 min just like the instruction says and then stopped and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > used different developer? to get less grain > Any answers are much appreciated Thanks Magic |
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