Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/11
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If you need to develop for 5 minutes then I think your initial print
exposure times need to increase. You did not tell us what your room
temperature is but if the brew is too cold, deveoping prints in them can be
a disappointment.
Dan K.
At 07:30 AM 11/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>
>
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