How get 2475-like sharp grain?

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Pierce Article 2485 pg 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Pierce Article 2485 pg 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Pierce Article 2485 pg 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Pierce Article 2485 pg 4 by Nokton48, on Flickr

A good friend snail mailed me this article on 2485 from Pop Photo. In fifty years of developing film I have never seen image stain like that before. I doubt farmers reducer will kill it. Very unexpected results now know better

Thanks for that excellent piece of photo history... my 2475-loving pals and I weren't into non-conventional developers and were very disappointed to find 2485 totally unrewarding Vs Tri X and perhaps Rodinal/stand. I know that a few of us then began working with point-light sources and whatever-film to get a perhaps-comparable look, though very few of us had enlargers with adequate condensers (my Durst 609). I don't think any of us used 2475 as a low-light film, Tri X was adequate for that.

 

[sasah zib]

Interestingly, Lewis Baltz used 35mm Kodak 2475 Recording film to get extremely sharp, yet fine grained enough negatives that rival 4x5.

films Mr. Baltz used...https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8930wgc/dsc/