[pure-silver] Re: New color head "discoveries"
- From: Peter De Smidt <pdesmidt@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:04:06 -0600
J.R. Stewart wrote:
>Well, my Omega Chromega Dichro DII came in last weekend and I've begun
>testing. with VC papers. First VC I've printed in 20 years.
>
>I've been using metol glycine based Ansco130 paper developer (modified by AA
>and without hydroquinone).That's where I started. Problem is, the hardest
>contrast I was able to get with 0Y/170M was about 0.8 on Forte Polygrade V
>(boy is that paper really blue!!) and about 0.6 on Kodak Polymax Fine Art.
>
>
There are a couple of things I'd suggest. First, you might consider
getting a new magenta filter. The filter on my 20 old De Vere was very
faded. Focal Point in Florida carries them. Second, you might try
extending your development time. What was your image emergence time? For
fiber paper, you should develop for about 6 times the emergence time.
For years I had been developing with Zone VI developer, which is similar
to Dektol, at 1 + 3 for 2 minutes @ 70F, as per Picker's instructions.
While the new magenta filter helped, my maximum contrast was still quite
low (i.e. grade 3.5). Then I read in _Way Beyond Monochrome_ about the
6x suggestion. Following this suggestion required my going to 4 minutes
of development. That upped my maxium contrast with Ilford FB MG paper to
4.5, a significant jump.
-Peter De Smidt
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