Response to No small grain please!

I tried some FP4+ in Dektol the other day. The grain wasn't anywhere near as large as I expected. My time was 6mins in stock Deltol @ 22C. My regular time for FP4+ in LC29 (1:29) is 6 mins @ 20C. I actually processed half the film in each developer for a direct comparision. The Dektol negs were significantly more contrasty. I did this in a plastic toy camera, which I have no idea what the shutter speed was but the LC29 developed negs were a bit thiner than my regular negs. The pics look fairly soft due to the toy lens I think, next time I will use some decent glass (Nikon in my case) to see if I get sharp but grainy pics! The level and 'look' of the Dektol inspired grain has potential I think.

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