Digital BW, The Print

Yeah, it’s all about Mackie lines Paul.  Been there, done that. 

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  As to film grain adding to the perception of sharpness... seems to me I recall some preferred using D-76 straight, undiluted, for that reason. I think they called it "acutance", if I recall correctly. ...


Real men used Rodinal 1:100!

(Actually, the more dilute the developer was, the greater edge effect and chemical sharpening of the image.  My old standard film soup was Microdol-X 1:3 with 3 minute agitation cycles.  With Tech Pan I mostly used the Kodak liquid Techidol developer, but initially, before they made the right stuff, I mixed my own POTA.  Then again there were to two-solution approaches; it was endless ...) 

Paul
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