Tri-X @ 400, Rodinal 1 hour stand development, Minolta XD11 and 58mm MC Rokkor 1:1.2
We’ve been down this road before. I mess around with Tri-X so much that if I don’t explicitly circle the “400” on the cartridge with my Sharpie, I’m just not sure how I shot it. I can either assume 400 and do something like 13 minutes in Rodinal 1+50, or I can throw it in Diafine and hope for the best, or I can do something fun like stand development. In this case, a roll was rattling around in the bottom of my bag with no markings, so into the batch of other misfit rolls being stand-developed it went.
Tri-X @ 400, Rodinal 1 hour stand development, Minolta XD11 and 58mm MC Rokkor 1:1.2
In this case I had been doing more research on other people’s methods and found that there was some consensus that one hour was enough time for stand development when working with a very small amount of developer.
Tri-X @ 400, Rodinal 1 hour stand development, Minolta XD11 and 58mm MC Rokkor 1:1.2
These were taken at a restaurant on our corner, a lovely afternoon with friends. I had my Minolta XD11 with the venerable 58mm MC Rokkor 1:1.2. The camera is one of the last, great brass bodies, and the lens renders the sweetest tones and textures. If I could keep only one body and lens, this combination would have to fight it out with my M4 and 35mm Summicron for sure.
Voila! Tri-X @ 400, Rodinal 1 hour stand development, Minolta XD11 and 58mm MC Rokkor 1:1.2
Recipe:
3.5ml Rodinal (Adox R09 One Shot) per roll (I did four rolls in this batch)
40 oz (US) water
(effective dilution 1:85)
30 seconds initial agitation
3 slow inversions at half hour
1 minute water stop/rinse
Fix
Permawash
LFN wetting agent
The inspiration for this post was seeing one of these photos come up on my desktop and remembering how much I love it.
David Shoots Film 
That is a the perfect black & white film look. Well done!
Thank you!
These shots are so great. As far as the developer goes, things must have changed on bottles of Rodinal. I have found an Agfa R09 One Shot, and also Adox Rodinal, but I have not found an “Adox R09” as in your recipe. Can you double check your bottle? Thank you.
Thank you!
They’re all the same as far as I can tell. Adox was manufacturing the developer, which is basically public domain, under their own name. I would buy what was available or what was on sale, etc.
EDIT: Sorry – I should answer all your questions! It is a restaurant on our corner with dim lighting. There was sunlight coming from the left and from left-behind the camera. The other lights were dim overheads.
It’s also that lens – the Rokkor 58mm 1:1.2 is pretty special!
Thank you — all the information out there on Rodinal is a little confusing. They first picture is so dramatic. Can I ask what the lighting was like. I appreciate how much contrast there is between the subject and the background.
Lovely images. It makes me want the Rokkor and XD11!