Digital BW, The Print

It has more to do what the correct speed of the film rather than over 
exposure.  If you calibrate your film to a "gray scale" you will find 
with most cameras, light meters and developer combinations most film are 
over rated by one stop. So the true speed of Tri-X is really 200 (180 
for sheet film). I've started using TFX-2 and with that developer Trix-X 
is a little faster about 250.

Truman

Anthony G. Atkielski wrote:

> Clayton Jones writes:
>
> > ... I was dissatisfied and kept coming back to good old Tri-X at 200
> > (or 180 for the 4x5/320 stuff), with D-76 or HC-110.
>
> What's the advantage to the considerable overexposure, and how much do
> you adjust development to account for it?  I've always exposed and
> developed as on the box; does something improve with overexposure.
>
> I like everything about Tri-X except the grain (in 35mm--in larger
> formats grain is much less of an issue).  If there is a way of
> preserving everything overall but reducing grain, that would be very
> cool.
>