In article <420jpg$2ke@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, cz197@cleveland.Freenet.Edu says...
>In a previous article, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Bob Neuman) says:
>>(This question maybe should have been placed in rec.photo.darkroom?)
>>Tri-X (non-professional!)at a true speed of 400 is hard to beat in
>>D-76 straight or 1:1 (I generally cut some time from the Kodak
>>development recomendations) - reasonably fine grain, excellent
>>sharpness, and very "normal" beautiful tonal-range characterize this
>I must disagree with the above contradiction. "Excellent Sharpness"
>Yes, but THAT'S BECAUSE THE GRAIN IS HUGE!!! The more grainy, the more
>sharp. I HATE GRAIN! And, if you are like me, and hate grain, you can
>try this formula for TRI-X.
>Use Microdol-X with a 3-1 dillution in water. keep it < 70 degrees
>(actually, < 68 would be better). Use EXTREMELY little agitation (1
>slow turn every 1 minute) Normal stop and fix. I have enlarged 35MM
>negs to 20 x 24 with great results (Try that with a D76 developed neg

Amazing! I thought I discovered Mic.-X 1:2 20 years ago as an
improvement over full-strength Microdol-X (mushy, too much speed loss),
1:1 (better, but still too slow and mushy-looking), and 1:3 (grainy,
sharp, and ugly tones) and used it for a long time, but I switched to
D-76 1:1 because of the finer grain and better tones in the image, plus full film speed. Guess when it comes to film development, to each his
own soup!
Hope this helps.