SodaAnt
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OP has used one roll of FP4, has not discussed the scene brightness range, how he has metered. He has then processed following directions and viewed the negative under a loop and concluded that FP4+ has mushy grain and is too contrasty
More details: I metered with a spotmeter and paced important shadow areas on Zone III (two stops less exposure than the meter reading). Important highlights fell on Zone VIII. The siding in the image I posted fell on Zone V (the house is gray with a hint of blue and is very close to a standard gray card).
Camera was a Canon EOS-1N with 50mm lens in manual mode. It was a sunny, cloudless day at around 4:00pm (sunset at 7:15pm).
Want any additional information? (I keep good notes).
The film I usually use in 35mm format is TMax-100, and under a loupe the grain is less visible and sharper. Yes, TMax is a T-grain emulsion and FP4+ isn't, but even so I wasn't expecting such a big difference.