Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31
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I used lots of D400 at one and souped it in various concontions (Rodinal,
Ilford Plus, Kodak HC-110B, and finally XTOL). It is certainly a fine
grained film compared to Tri-X. Other than its fine grain attribute, I
found that it is just another fine grain film which lacked the kind of
personality and chracteristics that I like in B^W films.
I eventually found it in Ilford HP5+ when souped in XTOL. The grain may be
more obvious when you loked for it but the "smooth roundness"
chracteristics of the HP5+ grain is hard to beat. It sorts of grows on you
the more you looked at it.
Dan K.
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