Response to Agfa APX 25 - poor shadow detail & latitude

Obviously, I am running tests, or I wouldn't have come to the conclusion that the "true" speed of APX 25 in Rodinal is closer to 6 or 8. I use Rodinal because I like the tonal scale and the sharpness it produces. Highlights don't block up and shadow detail is generally excellent. It is also very convenient and quite malleable, as well as extremely suited to N-minus development. Of course, grain is less of a problem on sheet film than with 35mm, so I'm open to suggestions regarding other developers. I used to use Xtol with T-Max 400 8x10 film. I was very pleased with the results, but I eventually came to the conclusion that T-Max wasn't worth the effortscratched too easily, took an eternity to fix, etc.so I switched to Tri-X. Rodinal is a superb developer for Tri-X sheet film.

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