Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan: The G means GAMMA , or contrast of the negatives produced. The .57 is if you use a condensor enlarger and the .7 is for diffusion enlargers. The condensor enlargers tend to make more contrasty prints and this is compensated by developing the negatives to a lower contrast. If you use a V35, use the .7 developing times. Regards, Robert At 07:59 PM 5/21/99 +0000, you wrote: >Friends, > >Can someone explain to me the meaning of the G-bar developing times under >the headings of 0.57 and 0.7 respectively found in the leaflet contained >with each bottle of developer? > >TIA > >Dan K. > > > > >