Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam Bridge wrote: > > Could those of you who do a lot of darkroom work talk to me about this > dilute developer thing? I was sort of under the impression that longer > developer times resulted in a general increase in the size of film grain. > Generally I'm looking to push grain size down as much as possible. ><Snip> I've never heard this nor has it been my experience. Longer development times just tend to mean more compensated, even, easier to print negs. But dilution more Will tend to give you sharper grain more defined as you are using less of a dilution of Sodium Sulfite even thought you are using that dilution for a longer time. Sharp grain had gotten to be more desirable with more people in the past 10 or 20 years than a mush grain. And mush grain usually means a non high resolution developer. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html