Hi all,

Rodinal is not available in Turkey. I believe it is because in part Agfa's
low profile marketing strategy. Anyway, I read a lot about Rodinal and
decided to try it. I bought some rodinal in the U.S and am ready to give it
a shot. It is half a liter bottle of Rodinal. I was hoping that it has a
long shelf life like the T-Max developer I mainly use and bought the larger
bottle. T-Max developer has a shelf life of 2 years in proper conditions. As
I do not develop not more than 1-2 rolls of film in a week, shelf life is
important to me.

In the leaflet of rodinal, it says once the original bottle has been opened,
the stock will keep for 6 months. I know Rodinal is very concentrated like
the T-Max and I am wondering if keeping the stock rodinal in air tight brown
glass bottles (trying not to leave any air in the bottles by moving the
stock in smaller bottles as it is consumed) will help extend the life of
stock rodinal over 6 months.

I have another question. I use 300 ml of working solution to develop 35 mm.
films. the 1+50 dilution requires really little amounts of stock developer.
Is there a threshold for the stock amount to be used, any minumum limits?

Thank you all for helping me. Kind regards,

Alparslan