I am trying a stand development test on some film I shot today. I looked at this image the other night after concluding that some stuff I did was underdeveloped, and decided to cook up a still life with some tones and details for testing. I am not following this exactly, as I am using Rodinal @ 1:100 for two hours with no agitation.
The tests used two sheets of 4×5 film, the same scene, but one sheet with a 4×5 camera (with a lens and everything!) and one with a pinhole cigarbox. So the test is multi-faceted. If the exposures are the same, great. If not, which is off? And how does the image resolve with a lens vs a pinhole?
The issue is being able to develop without agitation, since large tank development doesn’t really permit it. I am OK with doing this in a cylindrical tank, but that means only 4 sheets max. If I do more than that, with one hour development times, that’s a lot of time. If I can use a 12 sheet tank reliably, I save time.
We’ll see how it goes. Some folks here are on board with 1:100 for two hours or more. This time tomorrow we should have some scans to look at.
<update> early indications are good. I don’t find negatives easy to read, even great big ones, but these look pretty well-done. Scans tomorrow, and that will tell the tale. The exposures look OK, as well, so perhaps this will clear up a few lingering issues.