Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Fine grain B&W
From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@ans.com.au>
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 09:19:31 +0000

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
> Greg,
> 
> Thanks for the advice. Rodinal has been my standard developer for a long time, but 
> it is grainy, especially with high speed film. And scanning at high resolutions 
> definitely makes the grain more pronounced.

Of course the trade off is that Rodinal gives sharper negatives
than most other developers. I think you can improve the grain by
diluting 1:50 and/or using a rotary processor.

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Chris Bitmead
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