Sorry, I meant UNOPENED bottle in the fridge.
Sorry, I meant UNOPENED bottle in the fridge.
Your experience differs from that of innumerable folks who have used old Rodinal stock with complete success, including yours truly.
I've never stored the stock solution in the refrigerator. Perhaps extended low-temperature storage degrades it.
- Leigh
If you believe you can, or you believe you can't... you're right.
I'm reluctant to admit that I'd never heard of Evelyn Hofer. I have some appalling holes in my knowledge base. Thank you for the heads up. Inspiring woman. There was a really nice coverage of her life in the NYT. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/parting-3/.
I still have the Rodinal I mixed up on Friday. I exposed some test film yesterday when we had a few sun breaks and I'm going to test the old stuff against new at the recommendation that Leigh posted. Curious minds and all that.
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@dwross and Leigh: thanks for information. I don't know that though I bought film from free style.
I have Agfa rodinal that I bought and used in 2001. I still have 3/4 bottle stored at room temp. Works perfectly even a decade later. I compared the results with a recent bottle of Adonal from Freestyle and I can not tell the difference.
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