Developer 911 in 714

Note that OP cross-posted to a bunch of groups, may account
for some of the confusion.

My take? Grain is OK--it is part of what makes a photo look
like a photo. More important to use the right tool for the
job at hand, I shoot and prefer 120 for black and white most
of the time but some of my favorite images were shot on
35mm; have had as many medium and large format cameras as
35mm--among my first serious cameras were a 3.25x4.25 Speed
Graphic, an Ikoflex, and a 120 folder.

I tried shooting what everyone else shoots using what
everyone else was using. I got a satisfactory full frame
image of the moon using stacked tele-converters on a 500mm
lens, shot some sports, weddings and landscapes all fine and
technically adequate. None of it "fun" enough for me to
stick with it.

Ignore anyone that posts: I tried "x" once, it was crap,
they haven't adequately explored "x" with one trial.

I also use HC-110 for almost everything except TMax films
(TMax developer) and also use ACU-1. I process 99% of my
film on a Uniroller and prefer developers that suite my
hardware.

darkroommike

Jean-David Beyer wrote:
Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
"bob hickey" wrote
What I don't understand is why so many people get
big grain ... w/ Tri-X and HC-110 ... I don't get
much grain at all
We once had a shouting match on this subject when a member
of the LF group "obviously assumed 4x5" and the one from
r.p.e.35mm "obviously assumed 35mm". Needles to say each
was soon convinced the other had lost touch with reality.

It is a good idea to mention the film size [and sometimes
print size] when debating grain.

Well, yes. But this is the rec.photo.equipment.large-format board, and it
would not make sense to assume people would bother to get an adapter to use
35mm film in a large format camera. I have a roll film holder for my 4x5
cameras, but I never use it.

So I'm guessing he's using one of those formats.
darkroommike

Pudentame wrote:
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:

It is a good idea to mention the film size [and sometimes
print size] when debating grain.

Well, yes. But this is the rec.photo.equipment.large-format board, and it
would not make sense to assume people would bother to get an adapter
to use
35mm film in a large format camera. I have a roll film holder for my 4x5
cameras, but I never use it.


Except that the OP cross posted it to r.p.darkroom, r.p.e.35mm,
r.p.e.large-format and r.p.e.medium-format.