Thread: Grainy skye?
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Old October 19th 05, 12:55 PM
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Default Grainy skye?

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Efke 25 is good film, very fine grain. Here's an Efke25 photo. Photo
downsampled from 900mb rather badly Sorry.
http://elearning.winona.edu/staff_o/jjs/f/


Looks good. May try the film some day. It seems a standard developer can
do it, but Rodinal is not known to be a fine grain developer?


Rodinal does not create fine grain, but it does encourage acutance
(sharpness). It was fine for Agfa APX 100 in 120, and is very good for Efke
25. It doesn't hurt the latter's ability to be enlarged considerably. Grain
is my friend because it can give sharper looking images than grainless...
(but to stay on topic, Who need sharp clouds? )

Yes, use a different developer if you prefer finer grain.