Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too use a D2 with an Aristo cold light head, but mostly for medium format work. I have the high intesity version and the bulb that is formulated for multicontrast paper and filters. I find my negatives don't demand any adjustment in development for printing on the cold light versus my dichro enlarger, but I suppose some might be a good idea if I tried to use a condenser enlarger. I find Kodak's times for D76 1-1 and Xtol with Tri-X and Verichrome Pan are pretty much on the money for me, with some adjustments for for high or low contrast lighting. Bill Welch or my At 01:51 PM 7/18/00 -0400, you wrote: >I use an Aristo cold light (non-variable) on an Omega D2, which was a D2V >before I fitted the cold light to it. I haven't found it necessary to >modify development times at all, though it took me a few weeks to master >the differences involved in printing with a cold light source. My main >shooting includes APX25 in Rodinal, TMX in Tmax, and Neopan 400 in Xtol, >both 35mm and MF.///Dick Baznik