Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know this is a bit late to get involved, but the times given among you are quite short to me... I also use Ilford MG IV Fiber Based paper. Developer is Ilford MG. Dilution is 1:14. Development temp is the old... room temp. ( Gotta get me one of those fancy Zone VI developer timers). My development time was the recommended 3 minutes. But extending this to 4 minutes improves the blacks and also seems to give more depth to the highlights, effectively lowering the local contrast in the highlights. 5 Minutes does this a tiny bit more. And my large sky areas that have minimum detail are not grey but show like zone 2 density. Your times of 60 seconds really does seem short to me, as at 60 seconds I am really quite developing still. I also use RC paper for contact sheets, and the recommended times are 2 minutes, dilution 1:14. These times disagree with the labels, but I found them on the Ilford Site. Frank Filippone