Response to Controlling HP5+ grain...agitation to blame?

Tim, thanks for the tip. But that's the way I work anyway. If you check 8 or 9 posts back you can read some of the results I got on Acros film. But I have a question. My range was not 2 stops but 1 1/2 and shot three pairs (6 rolls total) at different EIs. After processing at different times per pair I got 3 very good rolls (diff. EI). I just went back and checked and re-printed some shots from the three and still the lowest rated is the best. I use pyro and that masks a lot of the grain but can't honestly say I notice a difference in sharpness. Should the results be very obvious? I chequed thruogh a 8x loupe, and under the enlarger thruogh a peak grain focuser (6x7 negs). I made 8x10's and 20x24's (durst laborator + multigraph head and Scneider HM lens). I believe what you say is totally true, my question is when do you start loosing sharpness as a result of overexposure. Thanks.

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