The whole 'stand development is magic' thing is driving me nuts...
I keep seeing people post these super flat, muddy scans and then ask what went wrong, and every single time they say they did a 1 hour stand development in Rodinal. Look, I love Rodinal too, but it's not a fix for bad exposure. I shot a roll of HP5 at a concert, metered for the shadows like you should, and developed it normal. My friend shot the same show, underexposed by two stops because 'the lights were bright', did a stand dev, and wonders why his grain looks like clumpy oatmeal. The developer can't create detail that isn't on the film. It just gives you more contrast control, not a free pass. I've ruined maybe three rolls myself trying to salvage poorly exposed shots that way before I learned. Has anyone else had to unlearn this stand dev myth the hard way?