Digital BW, The Print

It could be you are expecting more from the scanner than it can give. Are
you using the glass holder? I used to mount all my 35mm negs in anti newton
slide holders to ensure flatness.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "frankg_photo" <frank@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 5:22 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Tri-x/HC110 user needs a change


>
> > 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
>
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