What's your go-to when you want pronounced grain on BW sheet film?
I like grain, which is partly why my 120 Tri-X gets Rodinal. Tri-X 320 sheets are another beast - still good in Rodinal, albeit with relatively mild grain, as you might expect.
Do you like grain? What's your secret to getting nice and not-too-subtle grain in your sheets, preferably when shooting within a stop of box speed?
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Royal-X Pan -- not to be confused with Kodak Royal Pan.
ASA 1250. Comparable to Kodak 2475 Recording film in grain.
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Make huge prints I guess.
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Sadly, Royal-X Pan has been discontinued for at least 30 years. Maybe try paper developer- it's more active than a film developer and will likely give you more grain along with its increased contrast.
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Fomapan 400 + Rodinal, pushed a stop.
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I'm not into grain, but if I were, I think I'd try temperature-shock reticulation.
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Modern thin emulsion films don't reticulate well, at least without the emulsion lifting clear off. You need another extinct film, Super XX, to do that well. But the look is quite different from pronounced grain per se.
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Most people think that pushing film is the way to go, but that's not a good approach.
The short version: choose the grainiest film you can, overexpose, overdevelop, and print on the highest grade possible.
When I say overexpose, I mean by at least 2 or 3 stops. By all means use a print developer to develop. You want a very dense, preferably flat negative you can print on grade 4 or 5.
Though I'm not sure why you want to do this with sheet film. That seems like doing it the hard way.
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or used a grain texture screen in the enlarger -- extensively discussed in a similar, recent thread.
Another option is to use use smaller format, such as the half-frame Pen F.