>>3872298Anon is that (
>>3872328) you?
HP5+ and TriX are relatively grainy films in 35mm, and that was exacerbated by the increased temp and agitation. Usually I do two agitations per minute for B&W.
If you want less grain and can afford to lose some speed, you can try pulling one stop. As long as you're not shooting a totally flat scene of course.
Alternatively you could try a fine grain developer. Like old school fine grain with proper solvent action, cause if you take marketing at its word every developer under the sun is "fine-grain, with exceptional sharpness etc etc.".
Perceptol *at stock* is unbeatable for that. Just slow working Metol for the developing agent, and a chockfull of sodium sulfite as a solvent (this is what makes the grain small). Stock gives the finest (and softest) grain, the more you dilute the bigger the grain, because you reduce the concentration of the grain solvents.
It's not expensive either, roughly the same price as other 1L powders, around $8-10.
The downside is you lose one stop of speed.
I don't think you'll see any dramatic difference from other general purpose developers wrt grain compared to what you're seeing now.
So either you pull, or use a solvent developer like Perceptol at stock, or you change HP5+ for Delta 400.
Or you could just stop worrying about grain.
As a sidenote, HP5+ at Perceptol 1+3 pulled almost a stop at ISO200 (that combo gives ~ISO320, I shoot at 160-200 and cut dev time by ~15%), is one of my favourite combinations ever and the virtually the only reason I keep Perceptol around.
