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from Brian Hinther (BrianH@sd314.k12.id.us)
My experience with the Kodak product was with T-max developer. I thought the tonality was poor, the grain was huge, and the contrast was way too much.

With Ilford D3200 I tried Microphen, which I thought was quite a bit better a combination. Then I discovered XTOL 1:1, which helps out the grain a lot. Finally I tried downrating the film to around ISO 2000 (thanks to John Hicks) which improved things another notch. I think that combination is about as good as high speed film gets.

Since Kodak's P3200 is about a buck a roll cheaper at B&H, I've wondered how it would respond to the same treatment, but the Ilford product (with XTOL) works so well, I haven't had the heart.

(posted 8901 days ago)

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