Response to Shelf Life of T-Max and Rodinal Developers

The bad news is that unlike someone else wrote new Rodinal is clear not brown in color! The good news is that as Rodinal ages it gets brown. That coloration Does Not seem to have any effect on the film you process in it. I presently use Rodinal that is at least 2 years oldit is very dark brownyet when I process Agfa 400 in that brown Rodinal at 1+100 I get negs so easy to print that I think I've St. Ansel and his dodging scepter watching over me...jim PS...old Tmax developer...it's only good for making print developer out of...come to think of it that is all that new Tmax developer is good for...XTOL and Rodinal (and maybe PMK)...are the only developers that a person really needs...jim

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