PJ> After some discussion with Shel, he reccomended TriX to me and i've been
PJ> using it for most of my b/w since then, i do use Neopan 1600 when i need
PJ> some xtra speed (which is a really good film for its speed).
You have TX and use Neopan 1600 to get to 1600 ISO?!? What a
blasphemy! Both TX and HP5+ are no problem pushing to 1600, no problem
at all, even in D76 (although Microphen is best for it IMO). IMHO
better to use it than a Neopan, not that it's bad, but because with TX
or HP5+ you can cover 400-1600 (3200 sometimes) with one film _you
know_.
[...]
PJ> I develop mine in Xtol, I have also developed it in Rodinal (only twice) and
PJ> ID-11 a number of times. But with Xtol i seem to get a nice combination of
PJ> sharpeness, fine grain and nice tones. I think it was slighty sharper in
PJ> Rodinal, but not by much. But the grain was a problem for me.
Try Rodinal with medium format film. I have a personal love for
Rodinal, so I like it even in small format, but then, I also like
contrasty, super-grainy photographs :) (if the content is good of
course<g>).
Snowfield Willie wrote that grain looks are very important for the look
of photograph. I have several very good films where I simply don't
like the grain looks in the resulting photo. And grain looks are, in
small enlargements, a lot influenced by paper too, and of
course enlarger light source, and paper grade - hard grades show the
grain a lot more.
Good light,
Frantisek
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