February ‘10
As I was not very satisfied with Ilford FP4 film, I went to Agfa APX 100 and Rodinal. APX 100 is one of the cheapest films in Germany (~ 3 Euro) and the only real b/w film you can get in a drugstore. There are a lot of înconsistent development suggestions for APX and Rodinal, but I started with 8min. and 2 gentle agitations every 30sec in Rodinal 1:25.
Walking in Spessart.
Frontside…
… backside.
The next APX 100 I developed, I changed the Rodinal dilution from 1:25 to 1:50 and extended the development time to 13min. Some people say APX 100 and Rodinal 1:50 is THE classic combo and I confirm that opinion.
Only little postprocessing was needed.
I’m curious about printing that film. It’s time again for some darkroom work!
Obviously the M-Rokkor 40/2 is prone for backlighting. Maybe the only downside of that lens.
I think APX100/Rodinal 1:50 is my new favourite combo along with Tri-X400 / X-Tol 1:1. What’s you favourite film/development combo?