Response to Negative quality

I mix water in a relatively large vessel to working temp (+/- 2 deg. F) for rinsing rather than depend on temp out of the tap. Reducing dev. time does reduce grain but then you need higher contrast paper, which brings the grain back up, in my experience. Overexposing traditional B&W increases grain and reduces sharpness. Just enough exposure for the shadows does the trick. I use Xtol and Microphen, both diluted 1+2. Microphen gives more grain and shadow speed in my darkroom.

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