Re: B&W Paper Developer

Actually your wrong:

While visible grain is a consequence of the film & its processing, the image
colour of an untoned Black & White print is a consequence of the size of
grain in the paper. Warm toned developers produce much fine grain,.with less
contrast.

Ian

"Gregory W. Blank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Grain is inherant to the film, not a result of the paper or paper
developer
> for increased contrast you could dilute the Dektol less than the standard
1:3
> like 1:1 or use it straight. Or you could use high contrast litho
developer.
>
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Perry Johnson"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I have just set up a beginner Darkroom & have a question on Developers.
We
> > are currently using Dextol but was wondering if there is another
developer
> > that would increase the contrast & give us a finer grain?? Thank you in
> > advance for any input..
> > Perry Johnson
>
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Ian Grant

Beep actually your wrong!!! ChloroBromide emulsions, Warmtone
papers are finer grained than your typical nuetral, and cool tone
papers. Toning does not control grain size, it may pronounce it
slightly or somewhat, but paper grain in general is a non issue by comparison
to the grain structure of film, films developers play the most crucial
role in pronouncing, or masking the film grain. Grain will not appear
on the paper soley as a result of exposure and print developer
action. To test this take a glass ND wedge and expose the paper
under the enlarger now process the paper using various developers
and normal development times that will reveal what I am saying.


In article <ben0qb$bf7$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Ian Grant" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Actually your wrong:
>
> While visible grain is a consequence of the film & its processing, the image
> colour of an untoned Black & White print is a consequence of the size of
> grain in the paper. Warm toned developers produce much fine grain,.with less
> contrast.
>
> Ian

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