I've been experimenting with stand developing Ultrafine 400 (HP5+?) in HC-110 (B dilution). Development times are running in the 15-20 minute range (including an initial 30-second agitation period.) The negatives seem quite nice when contact printed, but I can see a fairly noticeable, though not outrageous, increase in grain size under a loupe when looking at the negatives on a light table.
I understand that this is a bit of a perversion of stand development, using a normal strength developer for not *that* much longer than usual, but it seems to work other than the grain. So my question to those of you doing stand development in other, more dilute developers: is the increased grain size a normal side effect of stand development?
As usual, thanks muchly!
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