Response to Extreme grain in prints

Tri-X printed full frame at 5x7 should look really nice. If you're cropping a small part of the frame, that give grainy results- cure is to shoot closer to the subject. If the negs are just really grainy, then you might have had a severe temperature change during processing. Use a good thermometer and be sure the dev, stop, and fix are at the same temperature within 1 degree. Same with the wash. If the dishwasher starts up and the water temperature drops ten degrees, that'll do it. If you can't control this, it might be better to wash using a series of fills and soaks. (actually a big temp change causes reticulation, but it looks a lot like big grain. i believe smaller changes do increase grain slightly too.)

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