Acutance and Grit with D76 and D23 on FP4 and Tri-X

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

How can I reach to controlled acutance with D76 and D23 ? And How can I control for higher acutance at for example shadows especially ? I will try to use a Leica Mini Zoom Vario Elmar 35-70 and Olympus XA if I need to change the asa setting , not possible with Leica, I will use Ilford FP4 and Tri X. and I will try to take dark images in shadows. I want to see the gritty noise with high acutance distributed in the deep and highs of bones of human hands for example.

Can you give me asa settings , development times , temperatures and dilutions ?

Umut

 

[Gerald C Koch]

Neither D-76 nor D-23 are considered to be acutance developers because of their high sulfite content. Sulfite is a silver halide solvent and actually decreases acutance. A better choice of developer would be the Beutler formula.

 

[StoneNYC]

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