Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi dan, my approach is to keep the processing parmeters fixed. i use ilford mg iv and multigrade developper at 20°C. i always (at least i try to) bath the print for 50s, pull it out, wait another 10s for the developper on the print to drip off and then it goes to the stopp-bath, fixer and so on. ok this way i loose the possibility to change the print's densitiy by extended developping time. if something with the exposure was not right i have to try again. but i do not trust my judgement of the print with the save light anyhow. this method reduces the number of degrees of freedom and the results become more reproducible. sorry for the queer english. michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: D Khong [SMTP:dkhong@pacific.net.sg] > Gesendet am: Montag, 9. August 1999 20:12 > An: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Betreff: [Leica] Print Development Time > > Friends > > Presently, I am assessing the developing time for my prints visually. > If I > want to produce two prints of similar nature this method may not be > perfect. > > I will appreciate your feedback as to how I might achieve better > consistency. > > TIA. > > Dan K. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > Live simply so that others might simply live. > ====================================================================== > ====== >