Response to Pan F Contrast Control

I've been using Pan F+ developed in Rodinal, with dilution, time and temperature as suggested on the inside of the Pan F+ box: 1+25, 68 degrees F, for six minutes and loving it! Tonal scale is wonderful, grain is not visible on an 11X14 print from a 35mm negative, and edge sharpness wonderful. I'm coming to the opinion that the early photographers got it right when they used slow film and developed it in Rodinal. Perhaps many advances since the early 20th century (such as fine grain developers, and more recently, tabular grain films) have been at the expense of qualities I'd rather not give up.

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