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Response to Rodinal and HP5 question

from John Hicks (jbh@magicnet.net)
The actual resolution of a Rodinal-developed image will be _worse_ than, say, D-76 1:1 although the print may well appear to be much sharper to the eye.

Or to put it differently, the Rodinal image will appear sharper while the D-76 (or most any other "standard" developer) image will actually show somewhat finer detail.

In trying Rodinal with HP5+, you might try adding up to 25g sodium sulfite (half a plastic film can) per liter of working solution; that can help reduce the graininess a little and increase the EI by 1/3 to 2/3 stop.

(posted 8639 days ago)

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