ABSTRACT
The ever-increasing dominance of digital photography isn’t the only unsettling development that photographers have had to cope with. Until not very long ago, film photographers could count on the stability and consistent quality of products from four of photography’s most venerable names: Kodak, Ilford, Edwal, and Agfa. Another major change is that Agfa-Gevaert no longer produces Rodinal, which was once the developer of choice for photographers looking for the sharpest possible grain. A fundamental principle that all photographers should understand is that the effective speed of a given film varies depending on the developer used. Development time recommendations for a variety of films are available from a number of sources. The Digital Truth website contains a comprehensive listing of development times that are extremely useful as references for this process.
