Re: grain and contrast

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Thulliez, Vincent wrote:
> 
> I saw a lot of discussions on developers recently on the list.
> 
> Untill now, I did not have the time (or will ?) to develop myself, but I
> know I will have to do it to obtain exactly what I want, which is: very
> contrasty and grainy pictures with a lot of halo.
> I found that overexposure increases the halo effect pretty well, but I
> wonder if someone could recommend a special combination of
> developer/dilution/temperature/time etc. to have contrast and grain.
> Will Rodinal do the job?

Increasing the grain will certainly be done with Rodinal.  I don't like this, so
I don't use it with HIE (works great with HSI), but if that's the effect you are
going for, then Rodinal's your developer.  My testing found that 1+75 dilution
70F 7 minutes worked well when shooting at EI 250 metered through a #25 filter. 
Your results, obviously, may vary.

Good luck!

george

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