Re: IR question

[Mary Levin <mlevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might try Rodinal 1:10 for 8-10 minutes.  It doesn't make the grain
smaller but "sharpens" it up in appearance and looks great.

Mary

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Larry Bullis wrote:

> >> > graininess).  Can you have "saturated" b/w
> >
> >You could try the Konica Infrared films to lower grain, or go to larger
> >formats so it doesn't matter as much.
> 
> Or you could mix up some REAL fine grain developer and try that.  MCM 100 
> or something else that incorporates paraphenylene diamine (no 
> substitutes! -- commonly available "fine grain" developers often use a 
> concentration of sulfite which dissolves the edges of the grain and to my 
> eye destroys the texture of the image).
> 
> It's a lot of trouble, but if you care enough to shoot the stuff to begin 
> with it is certainly worth considering.
> 
> Larry Bullis
> Skagit Valley College
> 
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