Yes, 19 min, D-76, 1+1, EI 160, NOT 50 as I said in my last post; I must have been thinking of Forte 100.

This is the slowest film I've ever seen. My remaining rolls are now demoted to ageing new batches of Diafine.

I never got to like this film, but Forte 100 was a decent product.

Yes, you can do this, but IIRC the time is arround 19 min and an EI of 50!

I'll lookmy times and report back.

With b/w film, being in the ballpark with your temp is fine. It doesn't have to be exact, but the closer you can get all chems to your desired temp, the better.

I've always had good luck with the cheap Kodak glass thermos.

Just ordered more Rodinal from Freestyle. Should be here @ the end of the week. I wonder what name will be on the label. However, it doesn't matter as long as the product is the same.

Read this thread, in particular, Photo Engineer's post. He's retired from Kodak and knows his stuff.

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum37/4491 ... flo-2.html

Kitty, DO NOT use dish detergent! What a stupid thing to recommend to someone! Dish detergents contain dyes, alcohols and who knows what other things that may be harmful to your film. Get some Kodak Photo-flo or the equivilent. You took time to create the images before you. Do you want your negs to ...

My VERY first camera was a Kodak Hawkeye Instamatic II. It took 126 film and I loaded it with b/w, probably Verichrome, and had them processed at the drug store. It was cool to get little square b/w prints back with wavy edges. Still have the camera, too. Next was a Ricoh rangefinder in HS photo cla...

"Grain for grain's sake has been done for so long...it's just trite and pointless."

Not to Mr. Chop.

Not books, but hepful websites:

http://www.unblinkingeye.com/ go to articles

http://www.rogerandfrances.com/ the photo school may be helpful

Thank you, Keith, and the same to you!

If you're going to try a new dev, don't try it on the rolls you just took in Europe. Do test rolls first!

Save your effort, he won't understand.

Reminds me of when Kodak VR1000 color neg film came out. I was working in a pro lab that also did amateur work. The first roll we got in was shot outside on a cloudless, bright, sunny day in Feb. with lots of snow. Go figure. I haven't used this film, but like you, I've read where is about 800 speed...

I wouldn't bother. It won't give the results you'd get from fresh glycin. It can give a bit of a warm look on paper, but your contrast will be lower and your print ends up looking like you snatched it out of the dev too quickly. There just isn't the strength left in it to do the job. It's a shame as...

Yes, it's good stuff. I shoot quite a bit of it and I've never had a QC problem with it, but neither have I had a problem with Kodak or Ilford. When you buy one of these three films it's like buying chocolate ice cream. You've got Breyers, you've got Ben & Jerry's. Both are great, both might be a li...