Digital BW, The Print

> Frank,
> 
> I'm surprised nobody mentioned it until Todd did, but the developer 
can have 
> quite a lot to do with the appearance of the grain.  If you want 
softer grain, use 
> a developer with silver solvent in it, such as D76, or D76 1 to 1 
for even softer 
> grain.  HC has no such solvent, which gives it higher acutance, and 
is why I 
> like it.  But if you're concerned about grain, that's the first 
thing you can do, 
> and it doesn't involve buying a new scanner.
> 
> Or what about using the newer flat-grain technology films, such as 
TMax or 
> Delta? There is less presence of grain in them, but of course they 
have 
> different characteristics than Tri-X.  Or maybe move to a slower 
film, which 
> inherently has smaller grain.
> 

Phil.
Thanks.

 I don't mind grain per se and I've used this film/dev for a long 
while with good result- now I guess I'm wanting it to serve me in the 
digital as well as silver worlds :-) 

But it seems the grain is mushy not sharp/crisp. So maybe a silver 
solvent dev likeD76 is the wrong way to go ?
Frank