Extreme grain

Thomas Bertilsson · Mar 2, 2009

Yep. Lith print on Varycon - It won't matter whether your negative is grainy or not. It's a really neat lith paper.

paolo.meschi · Mar 2, 2009

Thank you for your advises. I'll try them for the next rolls!

However i've already shot some rolls of Tri-X and I'd like to know how to get the bigger grain from them without cropping. As I said before I use Dektol as developer...

P.S.: I know and like the work of Fukase, Sobol, Petersen...

Paul Howell · Mar 2, 2009

paolo.meschi said:
Thank you for your advises. I'll try them for the next rolls!

However i've already shot some rolls of Tri-X and I'd like to know how to get the bigger grain from them without cropping. As I said before I use Dektol as developer...

What did you rate your film speed at? If at 400 or lower you may need to use Dektol or aother paper developer. If you pushed to 800 or 1600 then try Edwal FG 7 without sulfite, or DK 50 stock.

OMU · Mar 2, 2009

D 3200 - some examples

Hi,
Hi, I' v been looking for dose extreme grain too.
I havent succeeded jet, but I' v tried D3200.

This is D 3200 at IE 1600 developed in Xtol for 1:1 for 15 min in 20 C

And some more here:

Ivhttp://www.omu.no/#3.0

OMU · Mar 2, 2009

Example

Something wrong happened to that link, here is the link to that grainy portrait:

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

- OM -

paolo.meschi · Mar 2, 2009

I rated it at 400EI

Stephen Benskin · Mar 2, 2009

A point source enlarger will emphasis grain.

There's also Kodak's formula SD-19a which uses D-19 plus a chemical foggant. If you want golf ball sized grain, this is the one.

clayne · Mar 2, 2009

As mentioned by a couple of others, I really think this "grain" is the result of crop+enlarge and not a superman developer.

Mick Fagan · Mar 3, 2009

Stephen Frizza's advice sounds extremely interesting.

I have done many different things, including adding mezzonine screens and such to change things, but the grain mask method he mentions, is something I have never done.

I'm going to give it a go.

Mick.

ericzhu · Mar 3, 2009

Try Rollei R3 135mm film with rodinal semi-stand development (agitate continuously for the 1st minute, then 10 seconds every 10 minutes, 20 C degree) + large enlargement (I shoot with Robert royal 24 camera, 55 shots for 1 roll of film). Compared with Trix, the grain of R3 is more uniform and beautiful for portrait picture.

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