STAND DEVELOPMENT with RODINAL and Expired Film

In this video I am testing expired film with Stand Development and also Normal Development in D23.
Will Stand Development help my expired film?

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EQUIPMENT USED IN THIS VIDEO

CAMERA - Pentacon Six
LENS - 80mm
FILM - AGFA 100 APX
DEVELOPER - RODINAL / D23

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NEEWER LED PANELS, GVM COLOUR PANELS, Valoi 360 Film Holder System for scanes, Zeapon Micro 2 Motor Slider, Colbor 100X Light,
Editing - FCP, PHOTOSHOP, LIGHTROOM,

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[DavidGriffin]

Sir, you single handedly convinced me of the power of stand developing. It's like a deeper raw image.

[canoedoctor]

I recently made my first foray into stand development. Actually part of a deep dive into Rodinal dilutions and time for optimizing my negatives for darkroom printing. In the end, I preferred 1:25 for the way that it renders and makes easy to print negatives with a 3D rendering. However, the big surprise for me was stand development 1:200 for 4 hours. This totally levelled the results of FP4 that was exposed at box speed plus one step under and one stop over. The three exposures were nearly identical in density. I will be exploring this more in the near future

[vladislavstanimirovic]

I usually develop expired films in D76 1+17 for 1 hour, or i put 10 grams (not ml) of HC110 in 500ml of water and develop for 1hr as well.

[xyz]

Good video. I use Rodinal 1:100 in semi stand when I have a film where the lighting varies a lot between the exposures . Even though the results are a bit flat, the frames are generally more usable for printing in the darkroom compared to a ´standard´ developing scheme. Keep up your excellent work for the analog community.

[blobbicus]

I have recently started Rodinal stand development at 1:200 for 2 hours with reasonable results, especially with Kentmere 100.

[aprilpaddock]

I’m going to try this with the film I used with my Holga; some people claim it’s the best way to go for Holga images.

[thomaschipman]

stand development is my go-to with pinhole as it seems to be much more forgiving.

[robertwebb]

I never tried stand development and I have a roll of APX-100, I'll give it a try. Thanks Roger

[TrueFisp]

So nice that you acknowledge the Rodinal 1+100 stand development! That's all I need with my favourite film Fomapan 100 (35 mm, MF and LF). I can push it to iso 800 without thinking of the exposure, after one hour all exposures are usable for printing in the darkroom (with some corrections). But I would advise you to make three slow agitations after 30 min to avoid bromide drag. So, Rodinal semistand dev is the way to go :-). And never use less than 5 ml Rodinal. Cheers/Johan

[pagsj]

I use 1+200 @ 500ml with good results. Usually developing for 90min. Works with Foma 100, 200 and FP4.

[MKBPresents]

Love your videos!

I totally agree that using stand development with Rodinal is a great way to start film photography. However, after using it exclusively for 30 rolls of 35mm film, I decided to branch out and tried Rodinal with recommended standard times and agitation. I was amazed by the difference. First, the grain was far less noticeable. Second, I liked the contrast better and found that the lesser grain allowed me to process the shadow areas better in my scanned images. Sharpness was great because Rodinal does not have sulfite that acts as a silver solvent. Finally, I started experimenting with overexposure and underdevelopment, something that stand development does not do well. Here the results were fantastic. I got the best of both methods. Compensation and low grain. All with Rodinal.

I have since moved on to 510 Pyro, because of your videos. I do some stand development with it but mostly it is the over exposure and under development by one stop that gives me the results I want. With it using 35mm film, I get images with grain and detail that rivals the medium format.

[keyadventure]

Strange, I do quite the opposite and with good results. I nearly always use expired film, liking the look of them, but I overexpose and underdevelop. For new film on the contrary I often use stand (or maybe according to your explanation in the video, semi stand), and get good results, although if I should enlarge instead of scan I probably would use normal development, as enhance the contrast digitally.

[rudolffamiev]

First, thanks a lot for this experiment and your tips for stand development. For the second - I think it is unfair to compare sharpness of the films where one is developed with acutance developer like Rodinal, and another in D-23, that is not an acutance developer. This is not to say that stand will not produce more sharper output, but to even the playground when we do our tests. As you can easily process second film with Rodinal 1+25 or 1+50. But once again - excellent experiment anyway!

[brineb]

I do stand development when I have a few different films to develop that are different speeds!!!

[lazaromarcel]

Stunning Video Sir, Well Explain I used Rodinal 1-100 Semi stand Development On $ Rlls !20 Delta 100 ! And All My Film Came Out Black No Information On The Negative, What I did Wrong, Thank you

[JanneRanta]

I do 1:100 rodinal but when I tried stand and semi-stand I got uneven developing. So I changed so that I agitate at 15, 30 and 45mins and get perfect negs now.

[TheEPROM]

I still need to do it. I do use good old Rodinal as my main development fluid.

[stevemitchell]

I did my first stand development last week and they turned out ok. I was shooting 4X5 sheet film that was expired and did not know what the film was or its speed, please with the results using Rodinal 1+100 1hr and 20 minutes, one inversion at 30 minutes. thanks for all the great videos loving seeing the process from taking the photos through the darkroom.

[BarwickGreen]

Very interesting, thanks. I use stand development with Rodinal for "found film" which is very old, and for film from my pinhole camera, where exposure is a little uncertain.

[Pepsiphopia]

Im doing a Rodinal semi-stand right now! Good timing!