{"id":905,"date":"2019-06-28T07:06:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/classic-camera-revival-episode-58-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-two\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:05:45","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-58-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/28\/classic-camera-revival-episode-58-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 58 &#8211; Don&#8217;t Drink the Rodinal (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf-300x300.png\" alt=\"ccr-logo-leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing with our love of chemistry in part two we dig into some of the older and stranger developers. While many of these are speciality they are rather common in our own chemistry cabinets and they include the likes of the alphabet soup that is HC-110, the oldest commercial developer Rodinal, and the rather toxic Pyrocat-HD.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 58 - Don't Drink the Rodinal (Part Two)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/c3vx6-b61a6d?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=104&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kodak HC-110<\/strong><br \/>\nKodak&#8217;s HC-110 developer is a strange creature, released with little fanfare in 1962 with a small article in a photography magazine, the developer became an instant classic. It&#8217;s best known as the developer of choice for Ansel Adams. And while most Kodak Developers had the letter D (D-110), there has been a lot of speculation as to why they used HC instead. Unlike previous developers, HC-110 also came in liquid form which you could mix to a stock solution and then from there to a working solution. It also used letter designators for the different dilutions. The most common of these is Dilution B, but there is also A, C, D, E, and G, and unofficial dilutions in H, J, and M. Now you don&#8217;t have to mix down from the stock solution, most photographers these days will mix directly from the syrup. Thankfully there are numerical dilutions associated with each, Dilution B is 1+31 and Dilution H is 1+63, also Dilution H is a great alternative to Dilution B, all you do is double the developing time for B and you have the time for H. Dilution J is one that you can use for semi-stand developing it&#8217;s mixed at 1+150 and the starting point is forty-five minutes, if you want something longer go with Dilution M (1+250) and let it semi-stand for sixty to ninety minutes.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/46047108215\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 55 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4826\/46047108215_350af215f4_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 55 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today HC-110 comes in 1 Liter containers, which means they last a long, long time. Which is good considering the cost.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/43896489102\/\" title=\"Mountsberg Church\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1797\/43896489102_0d9720ac79_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" alt=\"Mountsberg Church\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minolta XE-7 &#8211; Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm 1:2 &#8211; Kodak Panatomic-X @ ASA-32 &#8211; Kodak HC-110 Dil. H 9:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/47961657717\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Lower RC Harris 3\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/47961657717_14c3117a92_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Lower RC Harris 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon FE2 &#8211; AI-S Nikkor 28mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Ilford HP5+ @ ASA-1600 &#8211; Kodak HC-110 Dil. B @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmeadows\/17056751603\/\" title=\"Kew Gardens Gazebo, Toronto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5341\/17056751603_d0c9d8cbd2_b.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"794\" alt=\"Kew Gardens Gazebo, Toronto\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graflex Speed Graphic &#8211; Kodak Ektar 127mm f\/4.7 &#8211; Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-125 &#8211; Kodak HC-110 Dil. B, 7:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/33342298448\/\" title=\"FPP Derev Pan 100 &quot;Sullenberger&quot; - Test Roll 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7914\/33342298448_b3a83fbf80_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" alt=\"FPP Derev Pan 100 &quot;Sullenberger&quot; - Test Roll 2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikon FA &#8211; AI-S Nikkor 35mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Derev Pan 100 @ ASA-100 &#8211; Kodak HC-110 Dil. J 45:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rodinal<\/strong><br \/>\nInvented in 1891 by Dr Monne Anderesen who wanted to come up with a developer that did not rely on hydroquinone, Rodinal is the oldest commercial developer still on the market. Dr Anderesen started working for Agfa in 1880 and started out working on improvements to both developers and fixers, and by 1889 had become the head of Agfa&#8217;s Research &#038; Development group. Rodinal is based on Aromatic Amines, specifically p-aminophenol (H<sub>2<\/sub>NC<sub>6<\/sub>H<sub>4<\/sub>OH). The developer, known as Rodinal first saw a patient on the 27th of January 1891. The developer produced a sharp negative and usually used in 1+25 and 1+50 dilutions for standard developing but it also allowed for stand developing in 1+100 for an hour or 1+200 for two hours. The developer is highly concentrated and lasts for a long time. In fact, back in 2018, a bottle of <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2018\/01\/02\/guy-got-100-year-old-bottle-film-developer-tried\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rodinal manufactured in 1917 was used to develop film<\/a>, and it worked! Today Rodinal is available under many different names, such as Blazinal, Adonal and R09 OneShot.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/46047110075\/\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 55 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7836\/46047110075_9ee039152d_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 55 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Canada, Rodinal is solid by Blazes Photographic and runs with the name Blazinal, which is an awesome name and highly appropriate these days.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/31328063075\/\" title=\"The Capitol\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5743\/31328063075_e1e8102741_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" alt=\"The Capitol\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic &#8211; Fuji Fujinon-W 1:5.6\/125 (Orange-22) &#8211; Adox CHS100II @ ASA-100 &#8211; Rodinal (1+25) 5:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/46964701305\/\" title=\"Rustic Fence Close Up\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/46964701305_6cd505bd1b_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Rustic Fence Close Up\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mamiya C220F &#8211; Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Kosmo Mono 100 @ ASA-100 &#8211; Rodinal (1+50) 7:30 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmeadows\/44924987971\/\" title=\"Underneath a bridge in Ottawa\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1926\/44924987971_d86e79171f_b.jpg\" width=\"920\" height=\"921\" alt=\"Underneath a bridge in Ottawa\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hasselblad 500C\/M &#8211; Carl Zeiss Disagon 50mm 1:4 &#8211; Rollei RPX 100 &#8211; Rodinal (1+100) 60:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pyrocat-HD<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite being introduced in 1996 and invented by Sandy King, Pyrocat-HD is based on developers even older than Rodinal. Pyro developers have been used since 1851 and were used for wet plate and are highly toxic. Best to use gloves when handling the stuff. Pyrocat-HD is still toxic but is less toxic than most pyro developers. Sandy set out to produce a new pyro developer that worked faster than PMK Pyro, provided a semi-compensating and high acutance developer with less fog. It also provided consistent staining and better film speeds. While you can mix the developer up yourself, you can also buy it in ready made kits from Argentix and Photographer&#8217;s Formulary.<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/32020090517\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 55 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7918\/32020090517_14181a89c8_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Classic Camera Revival - Episode 55 - Don&#x27;t Drink the Rodinal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercially purchased Pyrocat-HD from Photographer&#8217;s Formulary, they also sell it as powder to mix it up with water.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/24271618337\/\" title=\"The Cascade\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4687\/24271618337_18e9ebed05_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"802\" alt=\"The Cascade\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacemaker Crown Graphic &#8211; Fuji Fujinon-W 1:5.6\/125 &#8211; Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-64 &#8211; Pyrocat-HD (1+1+100) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/47155595751\/\" title=\"Project:1867 - The Rideau Canal - Jones Falls Locks\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7870\/47155595751_4b33cab1d5_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" alt=\"Project:1867 - The Rideau Canal - Jones Falls Locks\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mamiya m645 &#8211; Mamiya-Sekor C 150mm 1:3.5 N &#8211; Ilford HP5+ @ ASA-200 &#8211; Pyrocat-HD (1+1+100) 9:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/31347414047\/\" title=\"FRB No. 30 - Svema Foto 400 - Roll 04 (Pyrocat-HD)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4860\/31347414047_5967d1d140_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" alt=\"FRB No. 30 - Svema Foto 400 - Roll 04 (Pyrocat-HD)\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minolta XE-7 &#8211; Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 28mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Svema Foto 400 @ ASA-200 &#8211; Pyrocat-HD (1+1+100) 14:00 @ 22C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><em>Pyrocat-HD &#8211; Part A<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>750mL Water<\/li>\n<li>10g Sodium Metabisulfate<\/li>\n<li>50g Pyrocatchin<\/li>\n<li>2g Phenidone<\/li>\n<li>1g Potasium Bromide<\/li>\n<li>Water to make up to 1L<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Pyrocat-HD &#8211; Part B<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>700mL Water<\/li>\n<li>750g Potassium Carbonate<\/li>\n<li>Water to make up to 1L<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But don&#8217;t worry we&#8217;re not done with the chemical fix just yet, stay tuned later this year for Part Three when we dig into some of the developers offered by Ilford such as DD-X, HC, Perceptol and Microphen!<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burlington Camera (Burlington, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Downtown Camera (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmplus.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Plus (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Belle Arte Camera (Hamilton, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/guelph.fotosource.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pond&#8217;s FotoSource (Guleph, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fotoart.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foto Art Camera (Owen Sound, ON)<\/a>. Out West there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecamerastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Camera Store (Calgary, AB)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Photo Supply (Vancouver, BC)<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), <a href=\"https:\/\/buyfilm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buyfilm.ca<\/a> (Ontario), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>. Looking for development options, check out these labs that have our support, <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.borealislab.qc.ca\/borealis\/en-home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bor\u00e9alis Photo Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldschoolphotolab.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Old School Photo Lab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedarkroom.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Darkroom<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmrescue.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Film Rescue International<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through email: <a href=\"mailto:classiccamerarevivial@gmail.com\">classiccamerarevivial[at]gmail[dot]com<\/a> or by Facebook, we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter @ccamerarevival<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/classiccamerarevival\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram (@classiccamerarevival)!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our love of chemistry in part two we dig into some of the older and stranger developers. While many of these are speciality they are rather common in our own chemistry cabinets and they include the likes of the alphabet soup that is HC-110, the oldest commercial developer Rodinal, and the rather toxic Pyrocat-HD. Kodak HC-110 Kodak&#8217;s HC-110 developer is a strange creature, released with little fanfare in 1962 with a small article in a photography magazine, the developer became an instant classic. It&#8217;s best known as the developer of choice for Ansel Adams. And while most Kodak Developers had the letter D<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/28\/classic-camera-revival-episode-58-dont-drink-the-rodinal-part-two\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3716,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/3716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}