Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Print Development Time
From: "E. Huntley" <prasepe@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:01:10 +0400

On 1999-08-10 leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us said:
   >Friends
   >I am using Ilford MG IV paper and souped in Agfa Neutol WA 1+11.  My
   >ambient temperature is about 27 degC +/- 2 degC, and my prints hit
   >maximum density with continuous tray agitation in about 60 seconds.
   >If I keep them in the developer another 30 sec, I can still get a
   >little more density but my whites start to get greyish.
   >Dan K.
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Dan K.,
You have hit on photographic myth #??: that print contrast can be increased
with extended development...NOT! Don't want to start any flame wars, but
prolonged development simply increases the density of all tones causing
print values to turn to mud.

Best regards,
Alan Huntley
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