Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Adam's PAW week 2 (grain)
From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:14:58 -0800

On 1/14/02 at 6:56 AM, shino@ubspw.com (Rei Shinozuka) thoughtfully wrote:

> i like both of these images as explorations of form and tonality.
> 
> but i must say the scans--particularly that of the main image--
> are uncharacteristically grainy, particularly for tri-X and xtol.
> do your prints look like this?
> 
> -rei

Yes, they do. I think it was a misadventure in the darkroom. I've shot other
rolls of Tri-X and they were not nearly as grainy. So I don't think it's an
artifact of the scan.

I use a rental darkroom and don't have complete control over the chemistry - so
there are things that are a bit beyond me. 

I'd appreciate thoughts on what I might have done to make them so grainy.

Thanks

Adam
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