Developing with Undiluted Rodinal

have you ever wondered if you can develop with rodinal, but not dilute it?

00:00 what is rodinal?
00:49 gameplan
01:09 1+100
01:19 1+50
01:32 1+25
02:22 1+16
02:51 1+8
03:20 1+4
03:28 1+2
03:55 1+1
04:23 undiluted rodinal
04:49 undiluted rodinal take 2
05:00 undiluted rodinal take 3
05:24 rodinal vs r09
05:54 undiluted r09
06:12 undiluted r09 take 2
06:22 undiluted r09 take 3
06:39 undiluted r09 take 4
08:26 undiluted r09 take 5
08:38 undiluted r09 take 6
09:28 end

equipment:
nikon fe-2
nikon 50mm f1.2 ai-s
nikon 55mm f2.8 ai-s

development notes:
adox rodinal
rollei compard r09

music by:
Slug Love 87 - Rachel K Collier
Cockroach On Toast - Rachel K Collier
Beatles Unite - Rachel K Collier

[ale_s]

Now we need to see what 1+1000 Rodinal developed for 12 days looks like

[EricJ]

70% alcohol is a more effective disinfectant than 99% because the added water helps it pass through cell membranes. Perhaps something similar happens here with Rodinal, where the added water helps it soak into the emulsion.

[KiinaSu]

Finally I have some usage for the 4000L of Rodinal I dumped into my heating oil tank. Plus I can develop my film faster than a Polaroid. Win win situation.

[JamieMPhoto]

Rawdinal: For the intransigent and impatient film shooter who doesn't accept that digital is faster for assignment work. Print that negative wet and you might beat the digital file out of the printer.

[arachnenet]

Rawdinal is going to be the next big thing! Perfect for those everyday "develop film in 20 seconds or you are dead" situations!

[jaywhangmakes]

Babe, wake up! Attic dropped a new video.

[areallyrealisticguyd]

Someone within 150 years of Rodinals existence must've asked the the question, what if I didn't dilute this? Now there's an answer

[psajgal]

Some of these look like my grandpa's negatives. Where he would take black and white negatives and just dunk them in random chemistry. Sometimes he'd get these weird yellow chemical stains on them as well. I did not expect you to get a usable result from undiluted r09 tho, kinda amazed it actually worked. Thanks for the video as always, you're answering the questions we all wondered but were too sane to try out ourselves.

[ilikecereal]

The best part of the month has arrived

[marcusjochum]

yes, another thing I was wondering about tested by the mad scientist we all look up to!

[ronen_khazin]

I used to do stock Dektol at 35c for 30 seconds to develop Tri-X. That technique used to be used for doing speed dev for photo finishes for horse races. It's very contrasty and dense but definitely efficient.

[kellerborges]

That's why I like Rodinal (and those home brewing versions), the high dilution makes it very versatile in terms of time and temperature tolerance

[danielnewton]

This reminds me of the experiments I did in college with my friends. We were bored in our intro photo class shooting b+w film and just started pulling things out of the dark room trash can. The random mixing of chemicals and paper resulted in some cool abstract images.

[SinaFarhat]

You mad man!
Undiluted rodinal!!
Thanks for answering questions I didn't ask! :)

[ZachACameraGuy]

Guys this is it! 10-second per roll sounds like a dream come true 🤯 thank you for your hard work sir!

[dedcorgi]

Why do you always just do my intrusive thoughts? I had this urge the other day. And I fought that urge. But you? You don’t fight that sinister urge. You just do. You madman. I love you.

[BGRestore]

"But it's cool to know you *could* do it" is the perfect conclusion to reach, Hahaha. Keep up the excellent work, you make some of my favorite videos!

[flyingo]

Your experimental film developing exploits are great! I’m sure that many many people who develop their own film owe you a generous helping of “thank yous” for making the mistakes and blasting through chemistry like you’ve done so well. So I’ll start with one thank you..!

[markerzy]

Oh my god i was just thinking of this yesterday, you absolute madman

[tef_ebooks]

I feel better about having developed HP5 in Rodinal 1 to 12ish. My results came out a lot more contrasty, almost like I'd pushed the film.

I was expecting to see your results go from "Stand developed and thin negatives" to "Highly concentrated and dense negatives" but maybe you just made better wild guesses on timing than I did.

I still got no idea why the tray developed ones didn't develop as fast, but maybe it's something bla-bla-blah about being submerged, or the initial agitation of pouring the rodinal in. Who knows.

Either way, this is perfectly timed. I just spent the last week trying to unconvince someone to try super-concentrated rodinal, and now their curiosity is satisfied.