[pure-silver] Fine Grain Experiemnt

Dear Friends,

     Well I benefitted greatly from your advice last time and now I wish to ask 
again. If you remember you gave me practical suggestions as to increasing grain 
size in medium format film. The combo of Ilford 3200 at 2500 ASA and Rodinal 14 
minutes At 20 degrees worked for me.

     Now I wish to try the other end of the scale. I want to see if my medium 
format B/W negatives can get close to the normal 4 x 5 negatives I produce. 
Note I currently use Ilford FP4 Plus at 125 ASA and Rodinal 8 minutes at 20 
degrees.

    What are my options re film and developer for this? I use a rotary 
processor with a 5 minute pre-soak for most B/W films. Please note I live at 
the end of the world and supplies of esoteric materials like Eastern European 
films or fresh water can sometimes be hard to obtain. Any formulae for 
developers based on beer can be easily obtained....

     Uncle Dick

PS: You mustn't think that I distrust my local camera shop owners for advice 
but you see I hurt my back last year and I cannot throw them as far....

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