----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Thorsten" <charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:00 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Polycontrast Paper Performance / Cold lite > --- Ryuji Suzuki <rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Charlie Thorsten <charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> > A better alternative (besides a graded paper) is >> to use a higher >> > contrast filtration (say grade 2) and develop in a >> low contrast >> > developer like Selectol Soft. This will bring it >> down to between >> > grade 0-1 but maintain better low values. >> >> > In my experience, anyway. :) >> >> Does it really work that way? In my experience it's >> really hard to >> modify contrast by anything like 1 to 2 grades. >> (Lith printing is a different story.) > > I was surprised how much Selectol Soft lowers > contrast, > at least with Ilford MGFB papers. I've had really > good > success so far with this method, especially diluted > 1:3. > Of course it's not as good as a straight Grade 1 paper > like Galerie or Bergger, but I think it's better than > using > a grade 0-1 VC filter with Ilford MG paper. YMMV. > > -Charlie > Selectol Soft is normally used at 1:1. I suspect that at 1:3 it appears to be lowering the contrast because the blacks are not at full density. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.