Response to x-tol

I recently developed about 15 rolls 35mm Agfa & FP4 film using Rodinal or Xtol as developers. Agfa 400 in Rodinal 1:50 produces distinctive grain in non detail areas. Generally too much for my taste. It works well with storm clouds. FP4 souped in Rodinal 1:50 or Xtol 1:1 is my choice for general photography. Rodinal 1:50 has higher accutance than the smoother grained Xtol 1:1. Both developers produce nice results with FP4. Rodinal has a little more bite. I have not tried it but Xtol at 1:3 is considered a accutance developer.

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