Response to Effect of Rodinal dilutions?

Calbe R09 can be readily ordered from Fotoimpex in Berlin. Aks for "Classic F09" which is the same stuff as Fotoimpex store brand. Do not ask for R09, since he still had some old bottles of ORWO R09 form the 1980s in the shop and in one instance this led to confusion with his sales personnal. They have low shipping rates to the US, since they use bulk shipping of parcels. If you order from the US you will not have to pay the European VAT (16% at the moment, which is already added to the price). You will find their catalogue on the net: www.fotoimpex.de. I can highly recommend them. Mirko Böddeker, the proprietor, speaks excellent English and he is an interesting person to talk to, since he is very well informed about current developments on the photo market and has many connections to manufacturers. In addition to the whole range by Calbe he also carries the excellent B&W films by Foma and Efke (obviously at the moment one of the few sources to get them), photographic papers by Foma (very high silver content and lovely tones in selenium and sepia) and his own store brand "classic". R09 /F09 is a little less than $4.00 at the moment for a 250ml bottle, the price for one liter is approx $12.00 (I hope I am right about the liter price). The one liter of contentrate will give you approx 25 gallons of working solution 1:100!!!!! One tip: Do not store the developer too cold (close to freezing), since crystals will form that will not go back into solution. Otherwise the developer keeps very well and over a long time. It really pays to order from Europe, since there will be no hazard surcharge on the shipment! This makes buying a bottle of R09 from Europe cheaper than ordering it from a US dealer.

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