{"id":239,"date":"2013-07-04T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/?p=239"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:59:24","slug":"silver-alchemy-xtol-plus-rodinal-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Silver Alchemy – Xtol Plus Rodinal Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Overheard on the street:<\/span> <\/span>“My dad say I should remarry him”<\/span>
\nKodak Tri-x<\/a> developed 5min. Xtol 1:2 and then 4 min. Xtol 1:2 + Rodinal<\/a> 1:115 25c<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nThis is a short update on my original article of adding Rodinal to Xtol<\/a>. I have been adding Rodinal to Xtol to good effect since 2010.<\/p>\n

So why change now? With a purchase of a higher resolution 35mm scanner I’m finding that I want even more control both of the grain and of the compensation in the shadow areas. While I can do it by controlling the ratio of Rodinal to Xtol it becomes a bit tricky to manage all parameters especially when it comes to temperature compensation.<\/p>\n

In the last few months through a series of experiments I have come up with this variation on my original method which gives both good results and fine control.<\/p>\n

Set up the dilution ratio of Xtol as normal.  I try to keep the normal developing times between 7 to  no more than 16 minutes. For the last 4 minutes I pour the xtol into a container that has had rodinal added, then pour it back onto the film and then develop the remaining 4 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mohawk In Support Of Maggie’s: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project
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Still Mine
\nKodak<\/a> Kodak TMAX 400 developed: 5min. Xtol 1:1.125 and 4 min. Xtol 1:1.125 + Rodinal 1:115 at 22c  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Fresh Air
\nFomapan Action 200 developed: 5min. Xtol 1:1.125 and 4 min. Xtol 1:1.125 + Rodinal 1:115 at 20c <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Overheard on the street: “My dad say I should remarry him” Kodak Tri-x developed 5min. Xtol 1:2 and then 4 min. Xtol 1:2 + Rodinal 1:115 25c This is a short update on my original article of adding Rodinal to Xtol. I have been adding Rodinal to Xtol to good effect since 2010. So why change […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-darkroom","category-uncategorized","category-xtol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}