pan f and rodinal!!

Hi all-I've just completed some comparison testing of slow b&w films. Using a medium format camera, I shot three subjects at a range of aperature/shutter speeds giving me 1 stop under, on exposure, and 2 stops over exposure using a hand held meter. I developed tech pan in technidol, panf in d-76 and panf in rodinal, all following reccomended times and temp. The results: Tech pan came out very muddy, low contrast. Panf/d-76 w/ good sharpness, but needing #3 grade filter to punch up contrast. Panf/rodinal (1/50 dil)--very, very sharp, but contrast high enough to make printing rather difficult. It seems that panf in rodinal is the way to go for slow speed B&w, but I need to find a way to control the contrast. Any and all thoughts on the above would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Deb

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