Re: XTOL and TMAX developing recipes

[John Sparks <sparks@xxxxxxxxxx>]

blong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long) wrote:
>        "Dilution will provide slightly greater film speed,
>        enhanced sharpness, and slightly enhanced [sic] grain."
>
>Enhanced grain?  I think they mean that the grain will be smaller,
>though it certainly doesn't sound that way on first reading.

Actually, I believe diluting Xtol (like most developers) increases grain
(i.e.  enhances grain).  This is because the concentration of sodium
sulfite is lower in the more dilute developer and so has less solvent
effect on the grains.  I think your first reading was the right one.

John Sparks

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